Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
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PART 3 Registration Boards | ||
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Establishment of registration boards. |
26.—(1) The following bodies are established, on their respective establishment days, to perform the functions and exercise the powers assigned under this Act to the registration board of a designated profession: | |
(a) Clinical Biochemists Registration Board; | ||
(b) Dietitians Registration Board; | ||
(c) Medical Scientists Registration Board; | ||
(d) Occupational Therapists Registration Board; | ||
(e) Orthoptists Registration Board; | ||
(f) Physiotherapists Registration Board; | ||
(g) Podiatrists Registration Board; | ||
(h) Psychologists Registration Board; | ||
(i) Radiographers Registration Board; | ||
(j) Social Care Workers Registration Board; | ||
(k) Social Workers Registration Board; | ||
(l) Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board. | ||
(2) Each registration board (whether established by this section or by regulation under section 4 ) is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name. | ||
(3) The Minister may, by order, appoint a day to be the establishment day of a registration board (whether established by this section or by regulation under section 4 ) and may appoint different days for different registration boards. | ||
(4) Subject to this Act, each registration board may regulate its own procedure, but only to the extent that the Council decides not to do so. | ||
(5) Schedule 2 applies to each registration board. |