(1) The health professions tribunal may refer an application, or part of an application, to a health profession board for consideration by a personal assessment panel or professional standards panel.
(2) If the health profession board to which the application, or part of the application, is referred gives a report (the referral report ) to the health professions tribunal, the tribunal must consider the referral report.
(3) The health professions tribunal may adopt the referral report or a decision made in the report as its own decision in relation to the application, or part of the application.