The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fitness to Practise and Registration Appeals Committees and their Advisers Rules) Order of Council 2007

Standards and training for committee members

9.—(1) A member of a committee shall—

(a) attend all meetings and hearings at which his presence is required unless there is a good reason for him being unable to do so;

(b) prepare for any meeting or hearing by reading any papers issued to the members of the committee beforehand;

(c) if he is unable to attend a meeting or hearing at which his presence is required, take all reasonable steps to give advance warning of his absence to the chair or, where appropriate, the deputy chair; and

(d) comply with the code for committee members approved by the Council and published on the Society’s website(1).

(2) Every member of a committee shall undertake periodic training provided or arranged by the Society (which may be training provided by the CHRE) in relation to human rights and regulatory law and best practice.

(3) Committee members (including chairs and deputy chairs) shall be periodically appraised, in accordance with arrangements determined by the chair of the appointments group.

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The Society’s website is at www.rpsgb.org.uk.