The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1988

1. Introductory Text

2. This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council...

3. The General Medical Council Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct...

4. Signature

5. 1. APPENDIX

      THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE (PROCEDURE) RULES 1988

      1. PART I PRELIMINARY

         1. 1. Citation and commencement

         2. 2. Interpretation

         3. 3. Times and places of meetings of the committees

      2. PART II INITIAL CONSIDERATION OF CASES

         1. 4. Appointment of member to conduct initial consideration of cases

         2. 5. Allegations as to conviction

         3. 6. Allegations as to professional misconduct

         4. 7. Furnishing evidence of fitness to practise

         5. 8. Invitation to practitioner to appear before the Preliminary Proceedings Committee in certain circumstances

         6. 9. Duty to supply rules

         7. 10. Reference to Preliminary Proceedings Committee

      3. PART III PROCEDURE OF THE PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE

         1. 11. Determination by Preliminary Proceedings Committee

         2. 12. Order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration

         3. 13. Further investigations and provisional determination

         4. 14. Fresh allegation as to conviction or conduct

         5. 15. Preliminary Proceedings Committee to meet in private

         6. 16. Non-disclosure of documents or reasons in cases not referred for inquiry

      4. PART IV INTERMEDIATE PROCEDURES WHERE A CASE IS REFERRED TO THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE

         1. 17. Notice of Inquiry

         2. 18. Postponement of inquiry

         3. 19. Cancellation of inquiry

         4. 20. Access to documents

         5. 21. Notice to produce documents

         6. 22. Amendment of charge before the opening of an inquiry

      5. PART V PROCEDURE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE AT THE ORIGINAL HEARING OF ANY CASE

         1. 23. Procedure where the practitioner does not appear

         2. 24. Opening of inquiry — Reading of charge, submission of objections and amendment of charge

         3. 25. Cases relating to conviction

         4. 26. Circumstances, character, history and pleas in mitigation in case relating to conviction

         5. 27. Cases relating to conduct

         6. 28. Circumstances, character, history and pleas in mitigation in cases relating to conduct

         7. 29. Finding of serious professional misconduct

         8. 30. Determination whether to make a direction

         9. 31. Directions of the Committee

         10. 32. Order for immediate suspension of registration

         11. 33. Revocation of order for interim suspension or interim conditional registration

         12. 34. Announcement of findings, direction, etc. of Committee

         13. 35. Cases relating both to conviction and to conduct

         14. 36. Inquiries into charges against two or more practitioners

      6. PART VI RESUMED HEARINGS BY THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE

         1. 37. Direction for resumed hearing

         2. 38. Notice of resumed hearing

         3. 39. New charge at resumed hearing

         4. 40. Procedure at resumed hearing

         5. 41. Procedure following postponement under rule 30

         6. 42. Procedure where conditional registration had been imposed

         7. 43. Procedure where registration has been suspended

         8. 44. Announcement of determination at resumed hearing

         9. 45. Subsequent application of rules where case is continued

      7. PART VII APPLICATIONS FOR RESTORATION AFTER ERASURE

         1. 46. Procedure for consideration of applications for restoration

      8. PART VIII GENERAL

         1. 47. Adjournment of proceedings

         2. 48. Exclusion of public from hearings in certain cases

         3. 49. Consideration of confidential reports at resumed hearings

         4. 50. Evidence

         5. 51. Reference and transfer of cases to the Health Committee

         6. 52. Voting

         7. 53. Representation

         8. 54. Postal service of documents

         9. 55. Notes and transcript of proceedings

         10. 56. Revocation

   2. SCHEDULE 1

      1. (Rule 3) PROVISIONS AS TO MEETINGS OF THE PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE AND OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE

         1. 1. The Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Conduct Committee shall each...

         2. 2. The Committee shall each meet on such days as the...

         3. 3. Meetings of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall be held not...

         4. 4. Members of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and of the Professional...

         5. 5. Meetings of each Committee shall be held at the offices...

   3. SCHEDULE 2

   4. SCHEDULE 3

6. Explanatory Note