The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007

Clinical and other specialist advisers

62.—(1) In connection with proceedings under this Order, the Council—

(a) shall appoint registered medical practitioners to be clinical advisers, except that the Council may make rules which provide for it to enter into arrangements with another person, body or group (including a committee established under the Charter) for that person, body or group to appoint registered medical practitioners to be clinical advisers on its behalf; and

(b) may appoint persons to act as specialist advisers on issues on which, in the Council’s opinion, specialist knowledge is required, and the Council may make rules which provide for it to enter into arrangements with another person, body or group (including a committee established under the Charter) for that person, body or group to appoint persons to be specialist advisers on its behalf.

(2) Persons appointed to be—

(a) clinical advisers must have specialist expertise in a particular field or fields; and

(b) specialist advisers must have particular expertise in the speciality for which they are appointed.

(3) Clinical advisers shall be appointed for the purpose of giving advice to the Health Committee or the Investigating Committee on health related issues under consideration by the Committee in the course of proceedings before it and may also be appointed to give advice to the Council or the Society’s committees on other health related issues.

(4) If specialist advisers are appointed under paragraph (1)(b) above, their appointment shall be for the purpose of giving advice—

(a) to one or more of the statutory committees on issues falling within their speciality which are under consideration by the committee in the course of proceedings before it; and

(b) to the Council or the Society’s committees on issues falling within their speciality or related to it.

(5) Advisers appointed under this article must not be a member of the Council or a statutory committee.

(6) Advisers appointed under this article with regard to proceedings may be appointed either generally or for any particular class of proceedings, and shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of the instrument under which they are appointed.

(7) The Council may make rules as to the functions of advisers appointed under this article.