# Health and Social Care Act 2008, Section 112: Standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings


After section 60 of the 1999 Act insert—
“Standard of proof in fitness to practise proceedings
60A (1) The standard of proof applicable to any proceedings to which this subsection applies is that applicable to civil proceedings.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any proceedings before—
(a) the Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator, or
(b) a committee of a regulatory body, a regulatory body itself or any officer of a regulatory body,
which relate to a person's fitness to practise a profession to which section 60(2) applies.
(3) In subsection (2) “regulatory body” means the body (or main body) responsible for the regulation of a profession to which section 60(2) applies.
(4) An Order in Council under section 60 may not—
(a) amend this section, or
(b) make any provision that is inconsistent with subsection (1).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/112 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/section-112
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