reg 15B Criteria for approving courses for approved mental health professionals
(1) The Council must set the criteria to be applied in exercising the function under section 114ZA(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983. (2) The Education and Training Committee must— (a) ensure that universities and other bodies in the United Kingdom concerned with the provision of AMHP courses are notified of the criteria set under paragraph (1); and (b) take appropriate steps to satisfy itself that the AMHP courses provided by such bodies meet those criteria. (3) In performing the function under paragraph (2)(b), the Committee may, in particular, approve or arrange with others to approve institutions which the Committee considers to be properly organised and equipped for conducting AMHP courses. (4) The Council must from time to time publish a statement of the criteria set under paragraph (1). (5) An AMHP course is to be treated for the purposes of articles 16 to 18 as a relevant course of education or training.