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The Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Prosthetists and Orthotists Board) Order of Council 1997

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2.  Part II of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitution of the Boards) shall have effect as if—

(a)in the table at the end of paragraph 4(1), after the line relating to membership of the Physiotherapists Board there were inserted, under the headings indicated, the following entries in relation to the Prosthetists and Orthotists Board—

(1)(2)(3)(4)
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)
(5)(6)
BoardTotal number of membersRepresentative membersThe English Colleges jointlyThe Scottish Corporations jointlyThe British Medical AssociationThe Society of Medical Officers of HealthThe Royal College of Physicians of LondonThe Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandExperts in professional educationOther Members
Pros-thetists & Ortho-tists13711————13

(b)after paragraph 7(4) there were added the following sub-paragraph—

“(4A) Of the three members of the Prosthetists and Orthotists Board appointed in pursuance of the said paragraph (d)—

(a)one shall be a member of the teaching staff of a university department concerned with the teaching of prosthetics and orthotics;

(b)one shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of employers of prosthetists and orthotists; and

(c)the other shall be a member of a body which represents the interests of patients of prosthetists and orthotists or of carers of such patients (or of both).”; and

(c)after paragraph 7(5) there were added the following sub-paragraph—

“(6) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (5), before making any appointment to which paragraph (b) or (c) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, the Council shall consult any persons or bodies which appear to the Council, after it has consulted the Secretary of State, to represent the interests of—

(a)in the case of an appointment to which paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, employers of prosthetists and orthotists; or

(b)in the case of an appointment to which paragraph (c) of sub-paragraph (4A) relates, patients of prosthetists and orthotists and carers of such patients.”;

(d)in paragraph 8(3), for the words “sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3)” there were substituted the words “sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4)”.

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