Allied Health Professions Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Duly qualified allied health professional

5 Amendment of Schedules

6 Establishment of Allied Health Professions Council

7 Functions of Council

8 President of Council

9 Disqualifications from membership of Council

10 Filling of vacancies

11 Meetings of Council and payment of members

12 Appointment and establishment of committees and professional boards and delegation of powers

13 Registrar of Council

15 Alterations in registers

16 Full registration

17 Restricted registration

18 Conditional registration

19 Temporary registration

20 Power to amend, vary, rescind, revoke or suspend condition or restriction

21 Application for registration

22 Certificate of registration

23 Practising certificate

24 Publication of list of duly qualified allied health professionals

25 Registered allied health professionals to use only qualifications entered in registers and approved titles, etc.

26 Power of Council to remove names from registers

27 Restoration of name removed under section 26

28 Registrar’s certificate

29 False assumption of title by non-duly qualified allied health professional

30 False assumption of title by duly qualified allied health professional

31 Making representation of another

32 Causing or permitting another to make representation of oneself

33 Liability of registered allied health professional for enabling another to act in contravention of section 29 or 30

34 Suspended persons not to practise prescribed professions during period of suspension

35 Fraudulent registration, etc.

37 Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.

38 Appointment of Complaints Panel

39 Complaints against registered allied health professionals, etc.

40 Appointment of Complaints Committees

41 Referral to Complaints Committee, etc.

42 Commencement of inquiry by Complaints Committee

44 Conduct of investigation

45 Performance assessment

46 Fitness assessment

47 Confidentiality of information

48 Investigation report and deliberation by Complaints Committee

49 Findings of Complaints Committee

50 Disciplinary Tribunal

51 Proceedings of Disciplinary Tribunal

52 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee

53 Findings of Disciplinary Tribunal

54 Effective dates of Disciplinary Tribunal orders and non-compliance with orders, etc.

55 Appeal against order by Disciplinary Tribunal

56 Restoration of names to register

58 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.

59 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee

60 Interim Orders Committee

62 Review of interim orders

63 Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order

65 Application to High Court

66 Duration of interim orders

67 Person suspended under interim suspension order not regarded as registered

68 Council may appoint legal counsel

70 Assessors to Council

71 No action against Council, etc., in absence of bad faith

72 Service of documents

73 Composition of offences

76 Savings and transitional provisions

Allied Health Professions Bill

Bill No. 33/2010

Read the first time on 22nd November 2010.

An Act to provide for the registration of prescribed allied health professionals for the protection of the health and safety of the public and for purposes connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Allied Health Professions Act 2010 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“allied health professional” means a person who has a professional qualification in any of the allied health professions listed in the First Schedule;

“allied health professional with conditional registration” means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act;

“allied health professional with full registration” means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act;

“allied health professional with restricted registration” means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act;

“allied health professional with temporary registration” means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act;

“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued by the Council under section 22;

“Council” means the Allied Health Professions Council established under section 6;

“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;

“institution of higher learning” includes a polytechnic or university;

“lay person” means any person other than a healthcare professional;

“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1) of that Act;

“member” means a member of the Council;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate issued under section 23;

“prescribed allied health profession” means any of the allied health professions set out in the first column of the Second Schedule;

“president” means the president of the Council;

“register” means any of the registers referred to in section 14(1);

“registered allied health professional” means an allied health professional with full, restricted, conditional or temporary registration;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;

“regulations” means regulations made under section 75.

Duly qualified allied health professional

3. In this Act and in any written law, unless the context otherwise requires, “duly qualified allied health professional” or any expression importing a person recognised by law as a member of one of the prescribed allied health professions, means a person who is a registered allied health professional and has a valid practising certificate.

Application

4. This Act applies only in relation to allied health professions set out in the Second Schedule.

Amendment of Schedules

5.—(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, by order published in the Gazette, amend the First or Second Schedule.

(2) The Minister may prescribe in an order amending the Second Schedule such transitional provisions as may be necessary or expedient.

(3) Every order amending the Second Schedule shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

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