The Board is required statutorily to have two committees, an Investigating and a Disciplinary Committee. Cases are referred either following a court conviction of a registrant, or when a formal complaint is made against her or him to the Board. Cases are first assessed by the Investigating Committee. If it decides that there is a case to be answered, it is forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee for a formal hearing. At a formal hearing the Disciplinary Committee uses court-like procedures.
Hearings are open to the public.
The same basic principles and procedures are used as in a court. The hearing must be fair. Both sides, the plaintiff making the complaint and the respondent who is the registrant being complained of, must be given an equal and fair opportunity to present their case. Justice must be done and seen to be done. The Disciplinary Committee has to decide whether to find the registrant either guilty or not guilty of infamous conduct, or it may defer a decision.