Professional conduct and fitness to practise
21 Interim suspension powers of the Investigating Committee.
1
This section applies where, under section 20, the Investigating Committee is investigating an allegation against a registered osteopath.
2
If the Committee is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to protect members of the public, it may order the Registrar to suspend the osteopath’s registration.
3
The order shall specify the period of the suspension, which shall not exceed two months beginning with the date on which the order is made.
4
The Committee shall not—
a
make an order in any case after it has referred the allegation in question to the Professional Conduct Committee or the Health Committee; or
b
make more than one order in respect of the same allegation.
5
Before making an order, the Investigating Committee shall give the osteopath concerned an opportunity to appear before it and to argue his case against the making of the proposed order.
6
At any such hearing the osteopath shall be entitled to be legally represented.