The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Statutory Committee, Scrutiny Committee and Advisers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Functions of clinical advisers

19.—(1) A clinical adviser—

(a) must be present at any meeting of the Scrutiny Committee at which a decision is to be taken as to whether or not to refer a case to the Statutory Committee where the health of the person who is the subject of the case is to be, or is likely to be, considered;

(b) may be present at any other meeting of the Scrutiny Committee where health related issues are to be, or are likely to be, considered; and

(c) must be present at any meeting of, or hearing before, the Statutory Committee where health related issues are to be, or are likely to be, considered.

(2) The function of the clinical adviser who is present at a meeting or hearing referred to in paragraph (1) is to—

(a) advise the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee on any issues within the clinical adviser’s areas of medical expertise that may be referred to the clinical adviser by a member of the relevant committee; and

(b) intervene to advise the Statutory Committee or Scrutiny Committee on an issue where it appears to the clinical adviser that, without the clinical adviser’s intervention, there is a possibility of an error being made.

(3) A clinical adviser who is present at a meeting or hearing referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must not be present during the private deliberations of the Statutory Committee.

(4) A clinical adviser must not participate in the decision making of any committee (and is not entitled to vote).