SCHEDULEThe General Osteopathic Council (Constitution of the Statutory Committees) Rules 2009
Chairing of the Professional Conduct Committee9
1
The General Council shall appoint, from amongst the lay persons who are members of the Professional Conduct Committee, persons to chair proceedings of the Committee (“panel chairs”).
2
Of those persons, the General Council shall designate one panel chair as the chair of the Professional Conduct Committee.
3
If the Registrar or the person duly authorised on the Registrar’s behalf (“the inviter”) does not invite the chair to attend particular proceedings of the Committee—
a
the inviter must invite a panel chair to those proceedings; and
b
that panel chair, subject to paragraph (4), shall chair the proceedings in place of the chair of the Professional Conduct Committee.
4
If at any meeting of the Professional Conduct Committee, the panel chair invited to chair the proceedings is absent, the members of the Committee at that meeting may nominate from amongst the members who are present a lay person to chair that meeting.
5
A person serving as chair or panel chair of the Professional Conduct Committee shall cease office—
a
on resigning as chair or panel chair (or both), which that person may do at any time by notice in writing to the General Council;
b
if that person ceases to be a member of the Professional Conduct Committee; or
c
if the General Council votes to terminate the person’s appointment as chair or panel chair (or both).