# The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Regulation 3: Establishment of committees

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(1) Subject to paragraph (3), every Health Board shall have–
(a) a medical discipline committee;
(b) a dental discipline committee;
(c) an ophthalmic discipline committee;
(d) a pharmaceutical discipline committee; and
(e) a joint discipline committee,
and may, where it sees fit, have 2 or more of any of those committees.
(2) The committees mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be known as discipline committees.
(3) Three or more Health Boards may appoint discipline committees jointly and in these Regulations a reference to a discipline committee of a Health Board includes a reference to a discipline committee jointly appointed by 3 or more Health Boards.
(4) A Health Board may have a reference committee which shall include one member who is both an officer and a member of that Health Board and which may exercise the Health Board’s functions under these Regulations with respect to the referral of disciplinary matters.
(5) Schedule 1 shall have effect with respect to the constitution of discipline committees.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-3
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