The Pharmacy Order 2010

Fitness to practise matters before entry or renewal of an entry

30.—(1) The Registrar may remove the entry of a registrant from Part 1 or 2 of the Register if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that—

(a) the fitness to practise of the registrant was impaired as a result of prescribed circumstances or because of a problem with the registrant’s physical or mental health—

(i) at the time of the registrant’s entry in that part of the Register, or

(ii) at the time of an application to renew the registrant’s entry in that part of the Register; and

(b) the registrant had not informed the Registrar of those circumstances or that problem before the time mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Council may make such provision in rules as it considers appropriate in connection with the information to be provided to the Registrar by or in respect of a registrant for the purpose of determining whether the registrant’s fitness to practise was so impaired.

(3) If a registrant fails to comply, or if in respect of a registrant there is a failure to comply, with rules made under paragraph (2), the Registrar may remove the entry of that registrant from the part of the Register concerned.

(4) The Council may make such provision in rules as it considers appropriate in connection with the procedure to be followed by the Registrar before removing the entry of a registrant from Part 1 or 2 of the Register pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3).

(5) Where the Registrar removes the entry of a person from Part 1 or 2 of the Register pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3), the Registrar must send to that person at that person’s last known home address a statement in writing giving that person notice of the removal and the reasons for it and of the right of appeal to the Appeals Committee under article 40.