C2C1PART VFITNESS TO PRACTISE
Pt. V applied (with modifications) (1.8.2004) by The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (Transitional Provisions) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1762), arts. 1(1), 6(b)
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The Council may appoint registered medical practitioners to be medical assessors.
2
They shall have the general function of giving advice to—
a
Screeners;
b
the Practice Committees;
c
the Registrar; or
d
the Council,
on matters within their professional competence in connection with any matter which any of those persons is considering.
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They shall also have such other functions as may be conferred on them by rules made by the Council.
4
No person shall be a medical assessor if he is—
a
a member of the Council;
b
a member of a Practice Committee;
c
a Screener, visitor or legal or registrant assessor; or
d
employed by the Council.
5
The Council may make such provision in respect of medical assessors as it may determine—
a
for the payment of fees and allowances, including the payment of allowances to employers of medical assessors for the purposes of enabling medical assessors to perform functions under this article;
b
for the reimbursement of such expenses as the medical assessors may reasonably have incurred in the course of carrying out their functions under this Order.
Pt. V applied (with modifications) (1.8.2004) by The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (Transitional Provisions) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/1762), arts. 1(1), 7(4)(b)