PART 7ORDERS PROHIBITING WORK IN SOCIAL CARE: UNREGISTERED PERSONS

I1166Conditions for making a prohibition order

1

Regulations made under section 165 must prescribe the circumstances in which a fitness to practise panel may make a prohibition order.

2

The regulations may, in particular, provide that a panel may not make a prohibition order in respect of a person unless one or more of the following conditions is met—

a

the person has been convicted of an offence of a prescribed kind;

b

the person has been given a caution in respect of an offence of a prescribed kind;

c

the person is included in a barred list;

d

a relevant body has made a determination to the effect that the person's fitness to practise is impaired;

e

the panel is satisfied that the person has failed to meet any standard of conduct specified under section 173;

f

the panel thinks that it is necessary for the protection of the public, or that it is otherwise in the public interest, to make the order.

3

In subsection (2) “barred list” and “relevant body” have the same meaning as in section 117 (grounds of impairment of fitness to practise).