PART 3Regulation of health and adult social care services

CHAPTER 3Licensing

Licence conditions

95Special conditions

1

Monitor may—

a

with the consent of the applicant, include a special condition in a licence under this Chapter, and

b

with the consent of the licence holder, modify a special condition of a licence.

2

Before including a special condition or making such modifications Monitor must give notice to—

a

the applicant or the licence holder (as the case may be),

b

the Secretary of State,

c

the National Health Service Commissioning Board,

d

such clinical commissioning groups as are likely to be affected by the proposed inclusion or modifications, and

e

the Care Quality Commission and its Healthwatch England committee.

3

Monitor must also publish the notice under subsection (2).

4

The notice under subsection (2) must—

a

state that Monitor proposes to include the special condition or make the modifications and set out its or their proposed effect,

b

set out Monitor’s reasons for the proposal, and

c

specify the period (“the notice period”) within which representations with respect to the proposal may be made to Monitor.

5

The notice period must be not less than 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice is published under subsection (3).

6

In this section, a reference to modifying a condition includes a reference to amending, omitting or adding a condition.