Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

136Other consensual disposal by fitness to practise panel: undertakings

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(1)A fitness to practise panel may agree undertakings with the registered person if the person admits that his or her fitness to practise is impaired.

(2)SCW must disclose details of the undertakings to any person—

(a)by whom, to the knowledge of SCW, the registered person is employed as a social care worker;

(b)who, to the knowledge of SCW, has an arrangement with the registered person for the registered person to provide services to a third party in his or her capacity as a social care worker;

(c)from whom, to the knowledge of SCW, the registered person is seeking such employment or such an arrangement;

(d)as may be prescribed.

(3)But SCW may not disclose to any person details of any undertaking which relates solely to the registered person’s physical or mental health.

(4)SCW may by rules make provision about undertakings agreed with a fitness to practise panel under this section; and the rules may, in particular, make provision about the matters specified in section 129(2) (procedure to be followed for agreement of undertakings etc.).

(5)Rules under subsection (4) may include provision in respect of undertakings agreed, confirmed or varied on a review under section 138(4), 152(5) or (6), 153(4), 154(4) or 155(7).