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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

H

1

'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.

DRAW UP

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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