Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
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PART 6 Complaints, Inquiries and Discipline | ||
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Definitions (Part 6). |
50.—In this Part— | |
“allegation” means an allegation concerning a matter that constitutes a ground for complaint under section 52 (1); | ||
“committee of inquiry” means a health committee or a professional conduct committee; | ||
“complaint” means a complaint made under section 52 ; | ||
“disciplinary sanction” means a sanction specified in any paragraph of section 65 (1); | ||
“health committee” means a committee established under section 51 (1)(c); | ||
“poor professional performance”, in relation to a registrant of a designated profession, means any failure of the registrant to meet the standards of competence that may reasonably be expected of registrants practising that profession; | ||
“preliminary proceedings committee” means a committee established under section 51 (1)(a); | ||
“professional conduct committee” means a committee established under section 51 (1)(b); | ||
“professional misconduct”, in relation to a registrant of a designated profession, means any act, omission or pattern of conduct of the registrant that— | ||
(a) is a breach of the code of professional conduct and ethics adopted by the registration board of that profession, or | ||
(b) if the registrant has been granted by a body outside the State a licence, certificate or registration relating to the practice of that profession, is a breach of a standard of conduct, performance or ethics that applies to a person holding that licence, certificate or registration and that corresponds to a standard contained in the code referred to in paragraph (a). |