Regulation of Health and Social Care Professionals Consultation

Provisional Proposal 5-15: The statute should require the regulators to
communicate expeditiously with registrants and potential registrants. The
regulators would be given broad rule-making powers concerning the processing
of registration applications.
Provisional Proposal 5-16: The statute should require each regulator to
establish an appeals process for when registration applications are refused. The
regulators would have broad powers to decide the precise process it wants to
introduce.
Provisional Proposal 5-17: The statute should provide a right of appeal when
registration applications are refused, to the High Court in England and Wales, the
Court of Session in Scotland, and the High Court in Northern Ireland.
Provisional Proposal 5-18: The regulators should have broad powers to
establish rules concerning the upkeep and publication of the register.
Provisional Proposal 5-19: The statute should require each regulator to
establish process for dealing with fraudulently procured or incorrectly made
entries. The regulators would have broad powers to decide the precise process it
wishes to introduce.
Provisional Proposal 5-20: The statute should provide a right to appeal against
registration decisions relating to fraudulently procured or incorrectly made entries,
to the High Court in England and Wales, the Court of Session in Scotland, and
the High Court in Northern Ireland.
Provisional Proposal 5-21: The statute should provide that applications for
restoration in cases where a registrant’s entry has been erased following fitness
to practise proceedings must be referred to a Fitness to Practise Panel or similar
committee.
Provisional Proposal 5-22: The statute should provide a right to appeal against
restoration decisions by a Fitness to Practise Panel to the High Court in England
and Wales, the Court of Session in Scotland, and the High Court in Northern
Ireland.
Question 5-23: Should the statute set a consistent time period before which
applications for restoration cannot be made (in cases where a registrant’s entry
has been erased following fitness to practise proceedings), or should this matter
be left to the regulators to determine?
Provisional Proposal 5-24: The statute should require each regulator to
establish in rules a process for considering applications for restoration in cases
which are not related to fitness to practise proceedings. The regulators would be
given broad discretion to determine the precise process it wishes to adopt.
Provisional Proposal 5-25: The regulators should have broad powers to make
rules concerning the content of the registers. The only exception to this approach
would be that set out in provisional proposal 5-27.
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