Under Article 56, where the Fitness to Practise Committee is satisfied that:
- it is necessary for the protection of members of the public or;
- is otherwise in the public interest or;
- is in the interests of the registrant
for an entry in the Register relating to a registrant to be suspended or to be made subject to conditions, the Committee may make an order that the entry in question be suspended for a period not exceeding 18 months or that the entry in question be conditional upon the registrant complying, for a period not exceeding 18 months, with such requirements as the Committee thinks fit to impose. The procedure at interim order hearings is set out under rule 36.
After the Committee has made an order, the Committee must review it within 6 months unless the person concerned requests an earlier review.