Accreditations, certifications, awards, etc.
13.—(1)  Except as provided in this regulation, a licensee must not display, or publish, disseminate or convey any information relating to any accreditation, certification, award, prize or other honour (called in this regulation an honour) given to or conferred on the licensee by any person (called in this regulation the awarding person) in relation to the licensee’s provision of any licensable healthcare service.
(2)  An authorised person must not publish, disseminate or convey any information relating to any honour by any means or in any form or medium.
(3)  Subject to the conditions in paragraph (4), the licensee may display, or publish, disseminate or convey any information relating to any honour —
(a)within any approved permanent premises or approved conveyance of, or any temporary premises used by, the licensee; or
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(b)on the licensee’s website or account on any social media or social network service.
(4)  The conditions mentioned in paragraph (3) are the following:
(a)where the honour relates to the licensee’s attainment or satisfaction of technical standards relating to the licensee’s provision of a licensable healthcare service — the information relating to the honour is displayed, published, disseminated or conveyed only in relation to that licensable healthcare service;
(b)where the honour relates to the licensee’s attainment or satisfaction of technical standards relating to the licensee’s provision of healthcare services in general — the information relating to the honour is displayed, published, disseminated or conveyed in relation to any licensable healthcare service the licensee is authorised under a licence to provide;
(c)the licensee receives or is conferred the honour because the awarding person is satisfied that the licensee has attained or satisfied the technical standards mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b).
(5)  To avoid doubt, an honour excludes a professional qualification that is conferred on a healthcare professional who provides a licensable healthcare service, or any service in relation to the provision of the licensable healthcare service, for and on behalf of the licensee.
(6)  In this regulation —
“applicable Act” means any of the following Acts:
(a)the Allied Health Professions Act 2011;
(b)the Dental Registration Act 1999;
(c)the Medical Registration Act 1997;
(d)the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999;
(e)the Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007;
(f)the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007;
(g)the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act 2000;
“professional qualification”, in relation to a healthcare professional, means a qualification that, in accordance with the applicable Act under which the healthcare professional is registered or enrolled —
(a)is registered against or in relation to the healthcare professional’s registration or enrolment under that Act; or
(b)the healthcare professional is permitted, approved or required to use under that Act.