# The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 8

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In this Schedule–
(a) “lay member” in relation to a discipline committee or joint discipline committee, means any member (other than the chairperson) who is a lay person;
(b) “lay person” means a person who is not and never has been–
(i) a practitioner, a pharmacist or an optician;
(ii) a registered dispensing optician within the meaning of the Opticians Act 1989;
(iii) a registered nurse, a registered midwife or a registered health visitor; or
(iv) an officer of, or otherwise employed by, any Health Board;
(c) “practitioner” means–
(i) in the case of the medical discipline committee, a doctor;
(ii) in the case of the dental discipline committee, a dentist;
(iii) in the case of the pharmaceutical discipline committee, a pharmacist;
(iv) in the case of the ophthalmic discipline committee, an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician;
(v) in the case of the joint discipline committee, a member appointed by a discipline committee;
(d) references to a “Health Board” include references to a Health Board which has jointly appointed a discipline committee in accordance with regulation 3(3);

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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