PART II REGISTRATION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
2.—(1) The Council shall appoint a committee, to be known as the Credentials Committee, for each prescribed allied health profession to advise the Council —| (a) | whether an applicant for registration under section 21 of the Act should —| (i) | be registered with full, restricted, conditional or temporary registration, as the case may be; | | (ii) | be refused registration; or | | (iii) | be required to undergo and pass an examination under section 19(2) of the Act; and |
| | (b) | where applicable, whether such registration should be subject to any condition or restriction. |
| (2) Every Credentials Committee shall consist of at least one member of the Council and such number of other persons as the Council may determine. |
| (3) The Council shall appoint a member of each Credentials Committee as the Chairman of that Committee. |
| (4) The members of the Credentials Committee shall hold office for a period of 3 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for further terms not exceeding 3 years each. |
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| Application for registration |
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the Act, an application for registration as an allied health professional must be accompanied by the following:| (a) | unless dispensed with by the Council —| (i) | a certified true copy of the diploma or degree entitling the applicant to be registered; | | (ii) | a transcript of the diploma or degree referred to in sub-paragraph (i) issued by the institution of higher learning that conferred the diploma or degree; | | (iii) | a certified true copy of the applicant’s identity card or passport; | | (iv) | a recent passport size photograph of the applicant; | | (v) | the details of employment in Singapore or offer of employment to work in Singapore; | | (vi) | where applicable, details in writing of the applicant’s professional practice experience in his prescribed allied health profession, including details of the nature, duration and extent of the experience in such form as the Council may require; and | | (vii) | where the applicant is registered in his prescribed allied health profession in a foreign country, a certificate from the registration body of that country stating, as at the date of issue of the certificate —| (A) | that the applicant is a registered person in his prescribed allied health profession in that country; | | (B) | the details of any complaint or disciplinary proceeding that has been taken or is pending against him in that country; | | (C) | the specific details of any condition or undertaking that apply to the applicant’s registration in that country; | | (D) | the specific details of any suspension or cancellation of the applicant’s registration in that country; and | | (E) | any other information recorded in the register pertaining to the applicant’s registration in that country; and |
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| | (b) | any other information, statement or document (including any statutory declaration) required by the Council. |
| (2) Any document referred to in paragraph (1) which is not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation thereof in English. |
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| Prescribed qualifications, knowledge, etc., for conditional registration |
4.—(1) For the purposes of section 18(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed qualifications in the respective prescribed allied health professions conferred by an institution of higher learning in Singapore are set out in Division 1 of the corresponding Parts of the First Schedule.| (2) For the purposes of section 18(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed qualifications in the respective prescribed allied health professions conferred by an institution of higher learning outside Singapore are set out in Division 2 of the corresponding Parts of the First Schedule. |
| (3) For the purposes of section 18(2) of the Act, the respective examinations that the Council may require a person to undergo and pass for the purpose of satisfying itself that the qualification held by that person is not lower in standing than the qualification prescribed under section 18(1)(a) or (b) of the Act are set out in the corresponding Parts of the Second Schedule. |
| (4) Unless the Council otherwise allows, a person required to undergo and pass the examination referred to in paragraph (3) shall be entitled to only 2 attempts at the examination. |
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| Time limit for renewal of temporary registration |
| 5. A temporary registration in a prescribed allied health profession may not be renewed under section 19(3) of the Act if the application for renewal of the temporary registration is made later than one month before the expiry of the previous temporary registration. |
| Application to use, exhibit, etc., additional qualification |
6.—(1) A registered allied health professional may apply to the Council for approval to use or exhibit or publish in any card, letter, stationery, nameplate, signboard, placard, circular, handbill or any notice displayed at the premises used by him for the practice of any prescribed allied health profession any qualification other than the qualifications which are entered against his name in the appropriate register.| (2) An application referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made in the manner specified by the Council and be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Third Schedule. |
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| Application for restoration of registration |
7.—(1) For the purposes of section 27 of the Act, an application to restore to the appropriate register the name of a person whose name has been removed from the register under section 26(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act shall —| (a) | be made in writing, addressed to the Registrar and signed by the applicant; | | (b) | state the grounds on which the application is made; | | (c) | be accompanied by a statutory declaration in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule and any other information, statements or documents required by the Council; and | | (d) | be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Third Schedule. |
| (2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1)(c), the Council may require the applicant to furnish proof that he has adequate clinical knowledge and skills to practise in his prescribed allied health profession and for that purpose may require the applicant to attend such courses of instruction as the Council may determine. |
| (3) The Council may, if it thinks fit in any case or class of cases, dispense with any requirement or requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2). |
| (4) The Council may, if it thinks fit, require further evidence or information from an applicant under this regulation. |
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| Consideration by Council for restoration |
8.—(1) On receipt of an application referred to in regulation 7, the Registrar shall refer the application to the Council for consideration.| (2) Except with the leave of the Council, the applicant shall not appear before the Council on the consideration of the application. |
| (3) The Council shall consider the application in private and may, if it thinks fit, adjourn the consideration to a future date. |
(4) If the Council —| (a) | directs the restoration of the applicant’s name to the register under section 27(1)(a) of the Act; or | | (b) | registers the applicant as an allied health professional with restricted, conditional or temporary registration under section 27(1)(b) of the Act, |
| the Registrar shall send notice thereof to the authorities or persons, if any, to whom he has previously given notice of removal. |
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