Part 2Regulation of health professions and health and social care workforce
Amendments of Part 3 of Health Act 1999
I1112Standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings
After section 60 of the 1999 Act insert—
60AStandard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings
1
The standard of proof applicable to any proceedings to which this subsection applies is that applicable to civil proceedings.
2
Subsection (1) applies to any proceedings before—
a
the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator, or
b
a committee of a regulatory body, a regulatory body itself or any officer of a regulatory body,
which relate to a person's fitness to practise a profession to which section 60(2) applies.
3
In subsection (2) “regulatory body” means the body (or main body) responsible for the regulation of a profession to which section 60(2) applies.
4
An Order in Council under section 60 may not—
a
amend this section, or
b
make any provision that is inconsistent with subsection (1).