Eligibility
The role is open to all registrants and lay candidates. The following information should help potential applicants determine their eligibility for the role of Chair. However, if you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact us before applying.
Registrant member
- You must live or work wholly or mainly in the United Kingdom.
- You must be HCPC registered.
- You should be HCPC registered at the point of application. Appointed candidates will be required to remain registered with the HCPC for the duration of their term on the Council.
- Applicants who are not HCPC registered will not be considered for the registrant member role.
- You must be wholly or mainly engaged in the practice, the teaching or management of, or research in one of the professions regulated by the HCPC.
- You will not be eligible for appointment if you are the subject of any allegation, investigation or proceedings concerning your fitness to practise in the HCPC.
Lay member
- You must not be registered with the HCPC.
- You must not have previously been registered with the HCPC.
- You must not be eligible for registration with the HCPC.
If you do not meet the above criteria for a lay member you will not be eligible to apply for a lay member role. A full list of ‘predecessor registers’s is provided in the Governance and Leadership section, under the “About Us” tab. If you have previously been registered in one of these registers, or were eligible to be registered, you will not be able to apply for a lay member role.
If you are an HCPC partner (for example, a panel member, international registration assessor or visitor) and you meet the above requirements for a registrant member, you are eligible to apply for this role as applicable. The Council has previously agreed to a separation between its role in setting and overseeing the HCPC’s strategy and decision-making in the core operational processes. So, if you were successful in being appointed to this role, you would be required to relinquish your partner role.
While we welcome applications from all sections of the community, Council members must reside in the United Kingdom (UK) and have the right to work in the UK. While some meetings and activities will take place virtually, Council members will need to attend meetings in the UK and be resident in the UK to meet our data protection requirements.
Disqualification from appointment
Appointments to many public bodies are governed by regulations which include details of circumstances in which an individual may be disqualified from holding office.
The criteria for disqualification from appointment as a member of the Health and Care Professions Council are set out in the Health and Care Professions Council (Constitution) Order 2009. Those criteria include:
- Anyone who has been convicted in the United Kingdom and received a prison sentence or suspended sentence of three months or more in the last five years.
- Anyone who has been declared bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with their creditors.
- Anybody who has been dismissed, other than by reason of redundancy, from any paid employment with a public body.
- Anyone who has had an earlier term of appointment as the chair or member of a public body terminated in certain circumstances.
- Anyone who is suspended from, has been removed from or subject to conditions on registration of any professional body.
- Anyone who is under a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
- Anyone who has previously been removed from trusteeship of a charity by the court or the Charity Commission.
For further advice about disqualification for appointment please contact us.
Conflicts of interest
Close relationships with Council members or members of the selection panel may be considered a conflict of interest, and therefore must be declared at the application stage of the appointment process. Any other perceived conflicts of interest will be fully explored by the panel at interview stage.