50.—In this Part—

“allegation” means an allegation concerning a matter that constitutes a ground for complaint under section 52(1);

“committee of inquiry” means a health committee or a professional conduct committee;

“complaint” means a complaint made under section 52;

“disciplinary sanction” means a sanction specified in any paragraph of F88[section 66(1)];

“health committee” means a committee established under section 51(1)(c);

“poor professional performance”, in relation to a registrant of a designated profession, means any failure of the registrant to meet the standards of competence that may reasonably be expected of registrants practising that profession;

“preliminary proceedings committee” means a committee established under section 51(1)(a);

“professional conduct committee” means a committee established under section 51(1)(b);

“professional misconduct”, in relation to a registrant of a designated profession, means any act, omission or pattern of conduct of the registrant that—

(a) is a breach of the code of professional conduct and ethics adopted by the registration board of that profession, or

(b) if the registrant has been granted by a body outside the State a licence, certificate or registration relating to the practice of that profession, is a breach of a standard of conduct, performance or ethics that applies to a person holding that licence, certificate or registration and that corresponds to a standard contained in the code referred to in paragraph (a).