INTERIM ORDERS REPRESENTATION

We advise and represent clients in relation to Interim Orders HEarings and Interim Measures Hearings before various regulatory bodies.

What is an interim orders hearing?

An interim orders hearing is held where there are concerns about the suitability of a registered, chartered or licensed individual to practise their chosen profession during an investigation into alleged misconduct, ill-health, or incompetence. Some interim orders are called interim measures.

What orders can an Interim Orders Panel make?

An Interim Orders Panel can make no order, impose conditions (or, in some cases, agree undertakings), or suspend the individual’s registration, licence, or chartered status, pending further steps being taken.

Do Interim Orders Panels Determine Facts?

The decision is based on the seriousness of the allegation and the weight of the evidence. The decision is considered a neutral act and the interim hearing is seldom a fact-finding exercise.

Some of the Regulatory Bodies that Operate Interim Hearings

NMC – Interim Orders Hearings

GMC (Medical Act 1983) – Registered Medical Practitioners – Doctors, Anaesthetic Associates, Physician Associates

GPhC – Registered Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

GoC – Optomotrists and Dispensing Opticians

HCPC – Registrants: Art Therapists (Art Psychotherapists, Art Therapists, Dramatherapists, Music Therapists), Biomedical Scientists, Chiropodists and Podiatrists, Clinical Scientists, Dieticians/Dietitians, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Occupational Therapists, Operating Department Practitiones (ODPs),  Orthoptists, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Phsyical Therapists, Psychologists (Practitioner Psychologists, Registered Psychologists, Clinical Psychologists, Forensic Psychologist, Counselling Psychologists, Health Psychologists, Educational Psychologists, Occupational Psychologist, Sport and Exercise Psychologists), Prosthetists and Orthotists, Radiographers, Diagnostic Radiographers, Therapeutic Radiographers, Speech and Language Therapists, Speech Therapists.

GDC – (Dentists Act 1984) – Registered Dental Practioners, Dental Care Professionals (Dental Nurses, Dental Technicians, Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists, Orthodontic Therapists, Clinical Dental Technicians).

Social Work England (SWE) and SCW – Registered Social Workers

Police Officers – Police Misconduct Proceedings

UKCP – Psychotherapists

For more details of how we can assist you with representation at and preparation for an interim orders hearing, contact us on 0845 652 0451.