PART 4SPECIAL PROCEDURES
Licensing criteria and mandatory licensing conditions
62Licensing criteria
1
Regulations must set out criteria that must be met on an application by an individual (an “applicant”) for a special procedure licence in order for the application to be granted (“licensing criteria”).
2
The licensing criteria specified in the regulations must be such as to require the applicant to demonstrate knowledge of—
a
infection control and first aid, in the context of the special procedure to which the application relates;
b
duties imposed, under or by virtue of this Part, on a person authorised by a special procedure licence to perform the special procedure to which the application relates.
3
The licensing criteria may also (among other things) relate to—
a
an individual's eligibility for a licence (including by reference to, among other things, standards of competence);
b
the premises or vehicle at or in which the performance of a special procedure is to be authorised, or at or in which equipment or material used in a special procedure is to be stored or prepared (including, among other things, facilities available there and standards of hygiene);
c
equipment to be used in, or in connection with, the performance of a special procedure.
4
Regulations may require a local authority not to issue or renew a licence unless premises or a vehicle identified in the application have been inspected in accordance with the regulations for the purpose of determining compliance with licensing criteria.
5
Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes, including (among other things) in respect of—
a
different descriptions of premises and vehicles;
b
different descriptions of special procedure;
c
different circumstances in which a special procedure is performed (including by reference to, among other things, the frequency or regularity with which a special procedure is performed, the duration of any period during which a special procedure is performed, and whether a special procedure is performed on a peripatetic basis, on a fixed site basis, on a mobile basis, on a temporary basis, or otherwise).