The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Fitness to Practise and Disqualification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Fitness to practise criteria

4.—(1) The Statutory Committee must have regard to the criteria specified in paragraph (2) or, where appropriate, (3), or, where appropriate, paragraphs (2) and (3), when deciding, in the case of any registered person, whether or not the requirements as to fitness to practise are met in relation to that registered person.

(2) In relation to evidence about the conduct or behaviour of the registered person which might cast doubt on whether the requirements as to fitness to practise are met in relation to the registered person, the Statutory Committee must have regard to whether or not that conduct or behaviour—

(a) presents an actual or potential risk to patients or to the public;

(b) has brought, or might bring, the profession of pharmacy into disrepute;

(c) has breached one of the fundamental principles of the profession of pharmacy as defined in the standards; or

(d) shows that the integrity of the registered person can no longer be relied upon.

(3) In relation to evidence about the registered person’s physical or mental health which might cast doubt on whether the requirements as to fitness to practise are met in relation to the registered person, the Statutory Committee must have regard to whether or not that evidence shows actual or potential—

(a) self-harm; or

(b) harm to patients or to the public.