# The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 2

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(1) A joint discipline committee shall consist of–
(a) a chairperson appointed in accordance with paragraph 4; and
(b) five other members of whom–
(i) one shall be a lay person appointed by the Health Board;
(ii) one shall be a doctor appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the medical discipline committee;
(iii) one shall be a dentist appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the dental discipline committee;
(iv) one shall be a pharmacist appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the pharmaceutical discipline committee;
(v) one shall be an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician appointed in accordance with sub–paragraph (2) by the ophthalmic discipline committee.
(2) A member of a joint discipline committee appointed by a discipline committee under sub–paragraph (1)(b)(ii) to (v) shall already be a member of the discipline committee which appoints him or her, or a deputy for such a member.
(3) A member of the joint discipline committee appointed by a discipline committee shall not take part in an investigation by the joint discipline committee unless the matter to be investigated involves a question relating to a relevant practitioner.
(4) For the purposes of sub–paragraph (3) a relevant practitioner is–
(a) in relation to a member appointed by the medical discipline committee, a doctor;
(b) in relation to a member appointed by the dental discipline committee, a dentist or dental body corporate;
(c) in relation to a member appointed by the ophthalmic discipline committee, an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician;
(d) in relation to a member appointed by the pharmaceutical discipline committee, a pharmacist.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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