The Health Professions Order 2001

Registration

9.—(1) A person seeking admission to a part of the register must apply to the Council and, subject to the provisions of this Order, and in particular paragraph (4), if he satisfies the conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) he shall be entitled to be registered in that part.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the conditions are that the application is made in the prescribed form and manner and that the applicant—

(a) satisfies the Education and Training Committee that he holds an approved qualification awarded—

(i) within such period, not exceeding five years ending with the date of the application, as may be prescribed, or

(ii) before the prescribed period mentioned in head (i), and he has met such requirements as to additional education, training and experience as the Council may specify under article 19(3) and which apply to him;

(b) satisfies the Education and Training Committee in accordance with the Council’s requirements mentioned in article 5(2) that he is capable of safe and effective practice under the part of the register concerned; and

(c) has paid the prescribed fee.

(3) Where the applicant is already registered in the register and wishes to be registered in an additional part of the register or to have additional entries recorded, paragraph (2)(a) shall apply only to the qualifications on which his application is based.

(4) Where a person who—

(a) is not registered on the date of coming into force of an order made under article 6(1) which relates to his profession; but

(b) has been on a register under the 1960 Act in the 5 years immediately preceding the date mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),

applies for admission to the register in the relevant period, the Education and Training Committee shall, if it is satisfied as to his good character, grant the application.

(5) The Education and Training Committee shall give its decision on an application under paragraph (1) as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within the period specified in the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 1991(1) and the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996(2).

(6) The Education and Training Committee shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision, and, where that decision is unfavourable to the applicant, of its reasons for reaching that decision and, of the applicant’s right of appeal under article 37.

(7) Failure to notify the applicant of the Committee’s decision within the time specified in paragraph (5) shall be treated as a decision from which the applicant may appeal under article 37.

(1)

S.I. 1991/824 relevant amendments to which are made by S.I. 2000/1960.

(2)

S.I. 1996/2374 as amended by S.I. 1999/67 and S.I. 2001/200.