The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Readmission

25.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a)a qualified practitioner has been removed from a combined list by a Local Health Board on the grounds that the qualified practitioner had been convicted of a criminal offence, and

(b)that conviction is overturned on appeal.

(2) The Local Health Board may agree to include the qualified practitioner in its combined list without that qualified practitioner making an application under regulation 12 if it—

(a)is satisfied that there are no other matters that need to be considered, and

(b)has received an undertaking to comply with the requirements of these Regulations from the qualified practitioner.

(3) Where the conviction mentioned in paragraph (1) is reinstated on a further appeal—

(a)the previous decision of the Local Health Board to remove the qualified practitioner from its combined list will once again have effect, and

(b)the Local Health Board must remove the qualified practitioner from its combined list.