Registration of osteopaths

Restoration to the register of osteopaths who have been struck off
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1
Where a person who has had his entry as a fully registered osteopath removed from the register as the result of an order under section 22(4)(d) wishes to have his entry restored to the register he shall make an application for registration to the Registrar.
2
No such application may be made before the end of the period of ten months beginning with the date on which the order under section 22(4)(d) was made.
3
Any application for registration in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) (an “application for restoration”) shall be referred by the Registrar to the Professional Conduct Committee for determination by that Committee.
4
For the purposes of determining an application for restoration—
a
the Committee shall exercise the Registrar’s functions under section 3; and
b
subsection (2) of that section shall have effect as if paragraph (d) were omitted.
5
The Committee shall not grant an application for restoration unless it is satisfied that the applicant not only satisfies the requirements of section 3 (as modified) but, having regard in particular to the circumstances which led to the making of the order under section 22(4)(d), is also a fit and proper person to practise the profession of osteopathy.
6
On granting an application for restoration, the Committee—
a
shall direct the Registrar to register the applicant as a fully registered osteopath; and
b
may make a conditions of practice order with respect to him.
7
The provisions of section 22 shall have effect in relation to a conditions of practice order made by virtue of subsection (6) as they have effect in relation to one made by virtue of subsection (4)(b) of that section.
8
The General Council may by rules make provision in relation to the restoration to the register of conditionally registered osteopaths or provisionally registered osteopaths, and any such rules may provide for restoration, in prescribed circumstances, as a fully registered osteopath.