Regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals Consultation

6.48 Finally, there are a number of features of the current legislative framework that
are in our view unnecessary and should be removed. We propose that the
marginal role of the Privy Council in education, such as issuing directions
concerning visits, should be repealed. Our approach to the role of the Privy
Council is set out in Part 2. In addition, we propose that statutory education
committees should no longer be a feature of the legislative framework. In
accordance with provisional proposal 4-9, there would be no statutory
committees in our proposed scheme, although the regulators would have powers
to establish systems of committees if they wished to do so. Also, we do not
propose to include in the statute express references to the requirements of EU
law. It is unnecessary and inappropriate for the statute to simply repeat other
provisions stated elsewhere in law.
Provisional Proposal 6-2: The statute should require the regulators to make
rules on:
(1) which qualifications are approved qualifications for the purposes of preregistration
and post-registration qualifications;
(2) the approval of education institutions, courses, programmes and/or
environments leading to an award of approved qualifications and the
withdrawal of approval;
(3) rights of appeals to an individual or a panel against the decision of the
regulator to refuse or withdraw approval from an institution, course or
programme;
(4) the quality assurance, monitoring and review of institutions, courses,
programmes and/or environments; and
(5) the appointment of visitors and establishment of a system of inspection of
all relevant education institutions.
Provisional Proposal 6-3: The statute should require the regulators to
establish and maintain a published list of approved institutions and/or
courses and programmes, and publish information on any decisions
regarding approvals.
Provisional Proposal 6-4: The statute should require education institutions to
pass on to the regulator in question information about student fitness to
practise sanctions.
Question 6-5: Should the powers of the regulators extend to matters such as a
national assessment of students?
Question 6-6: Should the regulators be given powers over the selection of
those entering education?
Question 6-7: Could our proposals go further in providing a framework for the
approval of multi-disciplinary education and training, and if so how?
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