The General Osteopathic Council (Registration) Rules Order of Council 1998

The form of the register U.K.

3.—(1) The register shall contain a separate list of persons falling within each of the following categories—

(a) persons resident in the United Kingdom F1 ..., the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man (“the Principal List”);

(b) persons resident outside the United Kingdom F2 ... or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man (“the Overseas List”)

and the names of persons entered in both the Principal List and the Overseas List shall be in alphabetical order.

(2) The Registrar shall enter the name of a person entitled to be registered under the Act in the List appropriate to his place of residence and shall allocate to each person registered a unique identifying reference (“unique reference”).

(3) The registrar shall, in respect of each person whose name is entered in the register contain, in addition to his name, the following information—

(a) the address—

(i) at which he has his practice, or

(ii) if he practises at more than one place, at which he has his principal practice, or

(iii) if he is a non-practising osteopath, which he has informed the Registrar is the address to be shown in the register in relation to his name;

(b) the date on which he was [F3 fully registered [F4 or conditionally registered]] as the case may be;

(c) his unique reference;

(d) the word [F5 “full” [F6 or “conditional”]] depending on the status of the osteopath;

(e) where the entry was first made—

(i) during the transitional period, the qualification in osteopathy (if any) that he possessed on the date of entry, the institution from which he obtained the qualification and the date on which he obtained it and, where the qualification is a recognised qualification, an indication that it is such a qualification;

(ii) after the transitional period, his recognised qualification, the institution from which he obtained the qualification and the date on which he obtained it;

(f) such other qualifications as the General Council have determined may be entered in the register;

(g) in the case of a person who is a man the letter “M” and in the case of a person who is a woman the letter “W” and also, if a women so requests, the title “Miss”, “Mrs” or “Ms”.

(4) In this rule—

(a) “transitional period” has the same meaning as in section 3(7) of the Act;

F7 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. rule 3(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 12(a)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Sch. rule 3(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 12(a)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Sch. rule 3(3)(b) substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 215(a)(ii)(aa)

F4 Words in Sch. rule 3(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 12(a)(ii)(aa) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Words in Sch. rule 3(3)(d) substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 215(a)(ii)(bb)

F6 Words in Sch. rule 3(3)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 12(a)(ii)(bb) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Sch. rule 3(4)(b) omitted (3.12.2007) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 215(a)(iii)

F8 Sch. rule 3(4)(c) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 14(2)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. rule 3 in force at 9.5.1998