WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1989
COMMENTING ON SOME GENERAL POINTS WHICH EMERGED IN THE COURSE
BILL. OF DEBATE ON THE
MR SHIPMAN SAID HI
THAT BELIEVED
THE AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL
OF INTERESTS
THE BOARDS WAS WELL BALANCED, SO THAT THE
PROFESSIONS AND OF THE PUBLIC COULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
"UNDER SECTION 3(1) OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
FROM ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL COMPRISES ONE PERSON
EACH SUPPLEMENTARY PERSONS MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ADDITION TO
NOMINATED BY THE HIGHER
AND OFFICERS
FOUR OTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES, TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC PERSONS.
PUBLIC
"IT IS OUR VIEW THAT AS THE COUNCIL HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND FOR CO-ORDINATING
THE IT IS IN AND SUPERVISING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARDS, INTEREST THAT IT SHOULD HAVE A WIDER REPRESENTATION THAN THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS THEMSELVES," HE SAID.
EACH
MEMBERS
OF
SAID AS REGARDS THE BOARDS, MR SHIPMAN
ONLY TWO BOARD WERE APPOINTED FOLLOWING NOMINATION BY A MEDICAL
DRAWN ASSOCIATION AND A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS WERE
FROM THE RELEVANT SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSION.
COUNCIL.
"THE CHAIRMAN OF EACH BOARD IS DRAWN FROM MEMBERS OF THE
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'ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS ARE APPOINTED THE GOVERNOR."
BY
ON SOME MEMBERS' CONCERN THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COUNCIL AND SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
THE BOARDS HAD NOT DEVELOPMENT OF PROVIDED A CLEAR LINE OF AUTHORITY, THUS IMPEDING THE A WORKING ARRANGEMENT WHICH WAS NECESSARY TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC
RESTATED THE INTEREST, MR SHIPMAN
INTENTION OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1980.
ΤΟ SUBJECT IT WAS THE INTENTION THAT THE BOARDS SHOULD NOT BE
COUNCIL THE DIRECTION OF THE
BUT THE LATTER COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD CONCERNING THEIR ACTIVITIES. HE SAID,
то EMPOWERED ADDING THAT THE BOARDS WERE ALSO SPECIFICALLY CODES OF PRACTICE FOR THEIR OWN PROFESSIONS.
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MR SHIPMAN POINTED OUT THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO ALTER THESE BASIC PRINCIPLES WOULD ВЕ STRONGLY RESISTED BY THE BOARDS AND THE PROFESSIONS CONCERNED.
"IN PRACTICE, THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS HAVE CONDUCTED THEIR BUSINESS IN A SPIRIT OF CONSULTATION AND CO-OPERATION. HE SAID.
THEY
ON CODES OF PRACTICE. HE SAID THE BILL REQUIRED THE BOARDS ΤΟ AS NOTIFY THE COUNCIL WHEN SUCH A CODE WAS PREPARED OR REVISED. AND.
HAD AGREED THAT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT. ALL THE BOARDS WOULD FORWARD THEIR DRAFT CODE TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE DOCUMENT BEEN FINALISED FOR PROMULGATION SO AS TO ENABLE THE COUNCIL PROPERLY TO DISCHARGE ITS FUNCTION OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARDS.
HAD
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