PART 6SOCIAL CARE WORKERS: FITNESS TO PRACTISE
CHAPTER 2PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES
Preliminary consideration of allegations etc.
118Referral of allegations etc. of impaired fitness to practise
(1)
This section applies where—
(a)
an allegation is made to SCW that a registered person's fitness to practise is impaired, or
(b)
SCW otherwise has reason to believe that a registered person's fitness to practise may be impaired.
(2)
SCW—
(a)
must refer for preliminary consideration the matter which is the subject of the allegation or its reason to believe that the registered person's fitness to practise may be impaired, and
(b)
may refer the matter to an interim orders panel (see Chapter 4).