# The General Pharmaceutical Council (Continuing Professional Development and Consequential Amendments) Rules Order of Council 2011, Paragraph 4: Failure to comply with the CPD framework


(1) Each of paragraphs (2) to (10) sets out circumstances in which a registrant is to be regarded as having failed to comply with the requirements or conditions of the CPD framework.
(2) The Registrar is of the opinion that the registrant has failed without reasonable excuse to make an annual declaration regarding the registrant's compliance with the requirements or conditions of the CPD framework.
(3) The Registrar is of the opinion that the registrant has failed without reasonable excuse—
(a) to comply with a request by the Registrar to submit a CPD record to the Registrar for review;
(b) to submit a CPD record to the Registrar by the date specified by the Registrar in accordance with the CPD framework; or
(c) to submit a CPD record to the Registrar which is in the form and manner specified in the CPD framework.
(4) The Registrar is of the opinion that the registrant has failed without reasonable excuse to record adequately in respect of any relevant period—
(a) the dates on which the registrant's CPD has been undertaken; or
(b) any other information about the registrant's CPD which is required by the CPD framework.
(5) The Registrar is of the opinion that the registrant has made an insufficient number of entries in respect of any relevant period in the registrant's CPD record.
(6) The Registrar is of the opinion that the entries in respect of any relevant period in the registrant's CPD record do not demonstrate that the CPD undertaken is relevant to—
(a) the safe and effective practice of pharmacy; or
(b) a learning need for the registrant that is relevant to the current scope of the practice of pharmacy including any specialisation of the registrant and the environment in which the registrant practises.
(7) The Registrar is of the opinion that the entries in respect of any relevant period in the registrant's CPD record do not—
(a) include any CPD that relates to a specialisation of the registrant or the environment in which the registrant practises; or
(b) reflect any conditions as to the practice of pharmacy by the registrant which were in force for the whole or part of the relevant period and were imposed—
(i) by virtue of a direction given by the Fitness to Practise Committee under article 54(2)(e) or (3)(a)(v) or (b)(i) or (ii) of the Order; or
(ii) in the case of a visiting practitioner to whom Schedule 2 of the Order applies, by the competent authority in the practitioner's home State.
(8) The Registrar is of the opinion that the entries in the registrant's CPD record do not reflect any requirement which—
(a) by virtue of rules made under article 37(3)(c)(iii) of the Order, was imposed on the registrant by the Registrar to undertake by the date specified by the Registrar any additional CPD after the restoration of the registrant's entry in the Register; or
(b) by virtue of rules made under article 27(1) of the Order, was imposed on the registrant by the Registrar to undertake by the date specified by the Registrar any additional CPD after the restoration to the Register of an annotation in respect of a specialisation made to the registrant's entry in the Register.
(9) The Registrar is of the opinion that the entries in the registrant's CPD record do not reflect any requirement imposed on the registrant by the Registrar to take by the date specified by the Registrar any remedial measure that was specified in a notice given to the registrant under rule 6(2).
(10) The Registrar is of the opinion that, for any other reason—
(a) the amount or type of CPD undertaken by the registrant is inadequate; or
(b) the registrant's CPD record is inadequate or is not in a fit and proper state to be reviewed.
(11) For the purposes of paragraphs (4) to (7), references to “relevant period” are to any of the following that fall within the period covered by the CPD record of the registrant which is subject to review by the Registrar—
(a) the one year period that commences with the date on which the registrant's entry in the Register was made or restored;
(b) each subsequent one year period that commences with the anniversary of that date; and
(c) any part of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).
(12) In the application of paragraphs (4) to (7) to a period falling within paragraph (11)(c), any number or other quantity which, in accordance with the CPD framework, applies to a one year period is to be proportionately reduced.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1367/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-pharmaceutical-council-continuing-professional-development-and-consequential-amendments-rules-order-of-council-2011/schedule/paragraph-4
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