http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/254/article/7Health Professions Order 2001Health careCareHealth and social care professionalsHealth and safety investigationsHealth care services and specialismsHEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS;HEALTH PROFESSIONSStatute Law Database2025-05-21Expert Participation2025-01-01 This Order provides for the regulation of a number of health professions (arts therapists; chiropodists; clinical scientists; dietitians; medical laboratory technicians; occupational therapists; orthoptists; paramedics; physiotherapists; prosthetists and orthotists; radiographers; and speech and language therapists) it creates a regulatory body, the Health Professions Council, which is required to set standards of education, training, conduct and performance and to put in place arrangements to ensure that they are met (article 3). It provides for the Council to keep a register of qualified members of the professions and creates four statutory committees: the Investigating Committee, Conduct and Competence Committee, Health Committee and Education and Training Committee (article 3(9)). The Order replaces the regulatory system provided for by the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960. Health Professions Order 2001Sch. 1 para. 1(5)The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009Sch. 2 para. 18(b)art. 1(9)Health Professions Order 2001Sch. 1 para. 9(1C)The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009Sch. 2 para. 18(f)(ii)art. 1(9) PART III71Having consulted the Education and Training Committee the Council shall make rules in connection with registration and the register, and as to the payment of fees.2 Subject to article 7A, the rules shall, in particular, make provision as to—athe form and keeping of the register;bthe procedure for the making, alteration and deletion of entries in the register;cthe form and manner in which applications are to be made and the fee to be charged—ifor registration, renewal of registration and readmission to the register,iifor the making of any additional entry in the register, andiiifor registration to lapse;dthe documentary and other evidence which is to accompany applications of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (c).3Before determining or varying any fees mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) the Council shall consult the Education and Training Committee and such of those persons mentioned in article 3(14) as it considers appropriate.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Art. 7 not in force at made date, see art. 1(2)Art. 7 in force at 14.3.2003 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette dated 7.3.2003, see art. 1(3)Art. 7 in force at 9.7.2003 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 27.6.2003, see art. 1(3) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2003/1700)Art. 7(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 para. 4 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 8 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 16(6)-(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in art. 7(2) substituted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 69