Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Registers
(1)
The Registrar must maintain and keep the following registers:
a register called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration”, which is divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with full registration in that profession;
a register called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Restricted Registration”, which is divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with restricted registration in that profession;
a register called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Conditional Registration”, which is divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with conditional registration in that profession;
a register called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Temporary Registration”, which is divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with temporary registration in that profession.
(2)
The particulars of every registered allied health professional to be contained in a part of a register are the following:
his or her name and residential address;
the address of his or her current place of practice;
the date of the registration of the person in that part of the register;
the qualification by virtue of which he or she is registered and the date he or she obtained that qualification; and
such other particulars as the Council may determine for that part of the register.
(3)
The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers.
(4)
Subject to subsection (6), every person whose name is entered in a register must inform the Registrar in writing of —
any change in his or her name or residential address;
any change in his or her practice address or such of his or her other particulars as may be prescribed; or
any change of or addition to his or her qualification,within 28 days after such change or addition.
(5)
Any person who contravenes subsection (4)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(6)
A person who makes a report of a change in his or her residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with subsection (4)(a) on the date that he or she makes the report.
(7)
The Registrar may disclose any information in the registers to any person prescribed by regulations, if such disclosure is in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in those regulations.
(8)
Subsection (7) is without prejudice to any other right or duty to disclose the information under general or written law.