# The General Osteopathic Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2006, Paragraph 2: Interpretation


In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Osteopaths Act 1993;
“CPD” means training which comprises lectures, seminars, courses, practical sessions, individual study or other activities undertaken by an osteopath which could reasonably be expected to advance his professional development as an osteopath;
“CPD end date” means the last day of the month which is three months before the month in which an osteopath’s renewal date falls (for example, if an osteopath’s renewal date is 9th June, his CPD end date is 31st March); and for the purposes of calculating the CPD end date, “renewal date” means—
(a) the anniversary of the date on which an osteopath’s name was first registered, except where his name has been removed from the register and subsequently restored in circumstances described in paragraph (b), or
(b) in relation to an osteopath whose name has been restored to the register pursuant to an application received by the Registrar after the end of the period of 90 days beginning with the date on which his name was removed from the register, the anniversary of the date on which his name was restored to the register,
and if the date on which an osteopath’s name was first registered or restored to the register was 29th February, the anniversary of that date shall be taken to be 1st March;
“CPD period” means a CPD year, the first CPD year or the transitional CPD year (as the case may be), and those terms have the meanings given in rule 3;
“CPD requirement” shall be construed in accordance with rule 4;
“learning with others” means CPD which—
(a) involves interaction with other osteopaths, health care professionals or other professionals, and
(b) is verifiable, by or on behalf of the General Council; and
“osteopath” means a registered osteopath, and includes an osteopath practising full-time or part-time, or non-practising, or whose registration is suspended under any provision of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3511/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-continuing-professional-development-rules-order-of-council-2006/schedule/paragraph-2
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