The Consultation Draft Fitness to Practice Procedure

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The Full Draft Fitness to Practice Procedure in English (PDF)

Introduction

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Outline of the Procedure

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VIDEO 1: The Fitness to Practice Procedure

VIDEO 2: How to Produce a Misconduct Report

VIDEO 3: How We Investigate Misconduct Reports

VIDEO 4: Sanction Types

Stage 1: Reporting Misconduct

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VIDEO 1: Before Reporting Misconduct

VIDEO 2: Referral of Misconduct to the Relevant Authorities

VIDEO 3: How to Send Misconduct Reports to NRCPD

VIDEO 4: What needs to be in a Misconduct Report

VIDEO 5: Accepting a Misconduct Report

Stage 2: Investigation

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VIDEO 1: Notification to Reporting Witness of Case Opened

VIDEO 2: Notification to Registrant/Trainee of Case Opened

VIDEO 3: Initial Investigation

VIDEO 4: Registrant/Trainee’s First Statement in Response

VIDEO 5: Reporting Witness Second Statement & Registrant/Trainee's Second Statement

VIDEO 6: Collation of Evidence for Consideration by Case Examiners

VIDEO 7: Interim Suspension or Restriction

VIDEO 8: Reasonable Adjustments

VIDEO 9: Delay and Time Extensions

VIDEO 10: Admission of Facts

Stage 3: Case Examiners

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VIDEO 1: Case Examiners' Three-Step Consideration of the Case

VIDEO 2: Step 1: Misconduct

VIDEO 3: Step 2: Affected Practice and Sanction

VIDEO 4: Step 3: Referral to a Professional Conduct Committee

VIDEO 5: Evidence on Mitigation and Previous Misconduct

VIDEO 6: Guidance for Case Examiners on Considering Evidence

VIDEO 7: Sanctions Guidance for Case Examiners

VIDEO 8: Specific Sanctions Available to Case Examiners

VIDEO 9: Case Examiners Report and Communicating the Outcome

VIDEO 10: Acceptance of Sanction by Registrant/Trainee

Stage 4: Professional Conduct Committee

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VIDEO 1: Convening the Professional Conduct Committee

VIDEO 2: Make-up of the Professional Conduct Committee

VIDEO 3: Appointing a Legal Adviser

VIDEO 4: Notice and Arrangements for the Hearing

VIDEO 5: Giving Notice of the Hearing and Reasonable Adjustments

VIDEO 6: Service of the Registrant/Trainee’s Evidence

VIDEO 7: Service of the Full Hearing Bundle and Registrant/Trainee’s Attendance.

VIDEO 8: Preliminary Steps at the Hearing

VIDEO 9: Consideration of Health and Disability Matters

VIDEO 10: Evidence Available to the Committee

VIDEO 11: Hearing the Evidence and Deciding on the Charges

VIDEO 12: Deciding on Misconduct and Sanctions

VIDEO 13: Previous Misconduct Findings and Variation in Hearing Procedure

VIDEO 14: Right of Appeal and Publication of Outcome

VIDEO 15: Representation

VIDEO 16: The Start of the Hearing

VIDEO 17: Uncontested Charges

VIDEO 18: Contested Charges with the Registrant/Trainee Present

VIDEO 19: Application to Dismiss Charges and Hearing the Registrant/Trainee’s Case and Evidence

VIDEO 20: Questions from Professional Conduct Committee and the Case Summary

VIDEO 21: Contested and Uncontested without the Registrant/Trainee Present

VIDEO 22: Proceeding in Absence

VIDEO 23: Deciding on the Charges and Sanction

VIDEO 24: Deciding on Misconduct, Affected Practice and Sanction

VIDEO 25: Notifying the Committee’s Full and Final Decisions

VIDEO 26: Right to Appeal and Implementation and Publication of Outcome

VIDEO 27: Sanction Compliance and Non-Compliance

Stage 5: Appeals

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VIDEO 1: Making an Appeal

VIDEO 2: Decision to Accept an Appeal Request

VIDEO 3: The Registrant/Trainee’s Appeal Case

VIDEO 4: The Appeal Hearing

VIDEO 5: Granting Leave to Appeal and Form of the Appeal

VIDEO 6: Registrant/Trainee’s Full Appeal Presentation

VIDEO 7: After the Appeal Hearing

VIDEO 8: Notification of Decision and Implementation and Publication of Outcome

Supplementary Notes and Provisions

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VIDEO 1: Publication of Case Outcomes

VIDEO 2: Confidentiality of Proceedings and Case Outcomes

VIDEO 3: General Note on Sanctions

VIDEO 4: Guidance on Malicious, Vexatious and Trivial Misconduct Reports

VIDEO 5: Hearings being Held in Public

Glossary

Documents to follow shortly

The Code of Conduct

The Application of the Code
The Code of Conduct

The Application of the Code

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The Code of Conduct

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