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

• Citation: S.I. 1997/504
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Prosthetists and Orthotists Board) Order of Council 1997 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960.

Section 2 Extension of application of the Act to the profession of prosthetist and orthotist

The Act shall have effect as if the profession of prosthetist and orthotist were mentioned in section 1(2) of the Act, and accordingly the First Schedule to the Act (constitutions of the Council and boards, and supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if there were made the further alterations, additions or omissions specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1 Alterations, additions and omissions in the First Schedule to the Act

Part I of the First Schedule to the Act (Constitutions of the Council and Boards, and Supplementary Provisions) shall have effect as if—

(a) in paragraph 1(1), for the word “twenty-one” there were substituted the word “twenty-four”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for the word “three” there were substituted the word “five”, and for the words “one only shall be a registered medical practitioner” there were substituted the words “two only shall be registered medical practitioners”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for the word “seven” there were substituted the word “eight”;

(d) in paragraph 3(2), for the words “the profession of orthoptists” there were substituted the words “the professions of orthoptist and of prosthetist and orthotist”; and

(e) after paragraph 3(3) there were added the following sub-paragraph—

(4) Before making an appointment under this paragraph as respects the profession of prosthetist and orthotist the said Ministers shall consult the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists.

Section 2 Alterations, additions and omissions in the First Schedule to the Act

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—

(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).

(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)”.