# The General Osteopathic Council (Continuing Professional Development) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2018, Paragraph 4: Amendments to the Principal Rules


(1) Rule 4 (CPD requirement for osteopaths) of the Principal Rules is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—
“(2) The CPD requirement for a later three year CPD period consists of the completion of at least 90 hours of CPD and at least 45 hours of which must involve participation in learning with others, including the satisfactory completion of a peer discussion review.
(3) The CPD requirement for the first CPD period consists of the completion of at least two and a half hours of CPD for each whole month of that period and at least one and a quarter of those hours for each such month must involve participation in learning with others, including the satisfactory completion of a peer discussion review.”.
(3) Omit paragraph (4).
(4) After paragraph (5) insert—
“(6) The General Council must issue CPD guidance indicating how the CPD requirement may be satisfied, which may include:
(a) any relevant standard to be taken into account;
(b) the aim and content of the peer discussion review, including such matters as—
(i) the characteristics of any individual selected by an osteopath to perform the peer discussion review,
(ii) the matters to be discussed and recorded as part of the peer discussion review, and
(iii) the timing of the review in relation to an osteopath’s CPD end date; and
(c) any other information which may help to demonstrate that an osteopath has met the CPD requirement.
(7) Before issuing CPD guidance, the General Council must take such steps as are reasonably practicable to consult osteopaths and such other persons and organisations as it considers appropriate.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/513/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-continuing-professional-development-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2018/schedule/paragraph-4
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