The Health Professions Order 2001

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I General

   1. Article 1. Citation and commencement

   2. Article 2. Interpretation

3. PART II The Council and its Committees

   1. Article 3. The Health Professions Council and its Committees

4. PART III Registration

   1. Article 4. Registrar

   2. Article 5. Establishment and maintenance of register

   3. Article 6. Register

   4. Article 7. The register: supplemental provisions

   5. Article 8. Access to register

   6. Article 9. Registration

   7. Article 10. Renewal of registration and readmission

   8. Article 11. Lapse of registration

   9. Article 12. Approved qualifications

   10. Article 13. Transitional provisions relating to admission to the register

5. PART IV Education and Training

   1. Article 14. Education and Training Committee

   2. Article 15. Education and training

   3. Article 16. Visitors

   4. Article 17. Information to be given by institutions

   5. Article 18. Refusal or withdrawal of approval of courses, qualifications and institutions

   6. Article 19. Post-registration training

   7. Article 20. Wales

6. PART V Fitness to Practise

   1. Article 21. Council’s functions in respect of fitness to practise, ethics and other matters

   2. Article 22. Allegations

   3. Article 23. Screeners

   4. Article 24. Screeners: supplementary provisions

   5. Article 25. Council’s power to require disclosure of information

   6. Article 26. The Investigating Committee

   7. Article 27. The Conduct and Competence Committee

   8. Article 28. The Health Committee

   9. Article 29. Orders of the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee

   10. Article 30. Review of orders by the Health Committee and the Conduct and Competence Committee

   11. Article 31. Interim orders by a Practice Committee

   12. Article 32. Investigation of allegations: procedural rules

   13. Article 33. Restoration to the register of persons who have been struck off

   14. Article 34. Legal assessors

   15. Article 35. Medical assessors

   16. Article 36. Registrant assessors

7. PART VI Appeals

   1. Article 37. Appeals against decisions of the Education and Training Committee

   2. Article 38. Appeals

8. PART VII Offences

   1. Article 39. Offences

9. PART VIII Miscellaneous

   1. Article 40. Further provisions

   2. Article 41. Rules and orders

   3. Article 42. Exercise of powers by the Privy Council

   4. Article 43. Default powers of the Privy Council

   5. Article 44. Annual Reports

   6. Article 45. Finances of the Council

   7. Article 46. Accounts of the Council

   8. Article 47. Inquiry by the Privy Council

   9. Article 48. Supplementary and transitional provisions and extent

10. Signature

11. SCHEDULES

    1. 1

       Health Professions Council and Committees:

       1. Part I Health Professions Council

       2. Part II The Statutory Committees

    2. 2

       Transitional provisions

    3. 3

       Interpretation

    4. 4

       Consequential amendments to primary legislation

12. Explanatory Note