The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992

3.—(1) The joint services committee shall consist of—

(a) a chairman appointed in accordance with paragraph 5; and

(b) ten other members of whom—

(i) two shall be lay persons appointed by the FHSA,

(ii) two shall be doctors appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the medical service committee,

(iii) two shall be dentists appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the dental service committee,

(iv) two shall be pharmacists appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the pharmaceutical service committee,

(v) two shall be ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians appointed in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) by the ophthalmic service committee.

(2) A member of the joint services committee appointed by a service committee under subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) to (v) shall be a member of the service committee which appoints him or a deputy for such a member.

(3) A member of the joint services committee appointed by a service committee shall not take part in an investigation by the joint services committee unless the matter to be investigated involves a question relating to a relevant practitioner.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) a relevant practitioner is—

(a) in relation to a member appointed by the medical service committee, a doctor;

(b) in relation to a member appointed by the dental service committee, a dentist;

(c) in relation to a member appointed by the ophthalmic service committee, an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician;

(d) in relation to a member appointed by the pharmaceutical service committee, a chemist.