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  "legislation_title": "The Health Professions Council (Screeners) Rules Order of Council 2003",
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  "heading": "Mediation",
  "text": "(1) Where the Screeners are requested by a Practice Committee to mediate in a case, a panel shall undertake mediation with the aim of dealing with an allegation without it being necessary for the case to reach the stage at which the Health Committee or Conduct and Competence Committee would arrange a hearing in accordance with article 32(2)(f) of the Order.\n(2) In undertaking any mediation a panel may adopt such procedure as it sees fit.\n(3) The Council shall not appoint a Screener to be a member of a panel undertaking mediation unless he holds such qualification or has undergone such training as the Council may determine.\n(4) A panel shall report the outcome of any successful mediation to the Practice Committee which referred the case to the Screeners and its report shall include the terms on which the case was resolved.\n(5) A panel shall refer any case in which mediation fails back to the Practice Committee which referred the case to the Screeners.",
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