Consideration of the appeal by the MFPH Appeals Panel

If it is agreed by the Chief Executive and Academic Registrar that there is a prima facie case the Chief Executive will refer the appeal to an Appeals Panel to be convened by the Education Office comprising the following:

  1. The Academic Registrar (or deputy) to act as Chair of the Appeals Panel
  2. A member of the Education Executive who has not previously examined the appellant and who has no involvement in examination procedure
  3. A current Faculty Examiner who has not previously examined the appellant

The Education Office will arrange a date for the Appeals Panel to meet to consider the appeal within a reasonable time after the date on which the appeal was received by the Chief Executive ("the hearing"). The Chief Executive (or his/her delegated representative) will attend the hearing as an observer and he/she will inform the appellant that the appeal has been referred to the Appeals Panel and, at least twenty-one days in advance of the hearing, invite him/her to attend it.

The Appeals Panel will consider the appeal in the light of written evidence presented and will afford the appellant the opportunity of addressing the Panel at the hearing (see 3.4 below). No member of the Appeals Panel will have been involved in assessing the appellant in the Examination although the examiner(s) may be asked to provide information for the Appeals Panel to consider.

The appellant will be invited to present his/her reasons in person to the Appeals Panel at the hearing. The appellant shall be entitled to be accompanied by a Next Friend. The Next Friend may advise and counsel the appellant but will not be allowed to make statements to or cross examine the MFPH Appeals Panel or otherwise to take part in the proceedings, except with the permission of the Chair (see the accompanying Guidance for Candidates on Submitting an Appeal). The procedure to be adopted at the hearing shall be at the absolute discretion of the Chair.

If the Appeals Panel is of the view that the appeal should be upheld, the Panel will consider amending the original Examination result.

If the Appeals Panel agrees that the appeal should be rejected, the Chief Executive shall communicate the decision to the appellant in writing, with brief reasons, within fourteen days of the hearing.

The Appeals Panel's decision shall be made on a majority basis and shall be final.

 

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