Singapore legislation
Section 18
Section 18
Conditional registration
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person may, if the Council thinks fit so to direct, be registered as an allied health professional with conditional registration in a prescribed allied health profession if the person —
holds such qualification in that profession conferred by an institution of higher learning in Singapore as may be prescribed;
holds such qualification in that profession conferred by an institution of higher learning outside Singapore as may be prescribed; or
holds such other qualification in that profession which is in the opinion of the Council not lower in standing than a qualification mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), and the person satisfies the Council that he or she has the knowledge and skills and has acquired the experience which is necessary for the practice of that profession,and the person has been selected for employment in Singapore as an allied health professional in an establishment approved by the Council.
(2)
For the purpose of satisfying itself that a qualification in subsection (1)(c) is not lower in standing than a qualification mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), the Council may require a person to undergo and pass an examination conducted or arranged by the Council or by such other person as the Council may appoint.
(3)
Despite subsection (1), a person who —
holds any qualification recognised by the Council for the purposes of this subsection;
satisfies the Council that he or she has particular specialised knowledge and skill, and sufficient experience, in the practice of a prescribed allied health profession or any branch thereof; and
has been selected for employment in Singapore as an allied health professional in an establishment approved by the Council,may, if the Council thinks fit so to direct, be registered as an allied health professional with conditional registration in that prescribed allied health profession.
(4)
The Council may register a person under subsection (1) or (3) for such period as the Council thinks fit, and the registration may be renewed, at the discretion of the Council, for such further period or periods as the Council thinks fit.
(5)
A person may be registered under subsection (1) subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Council may impose.
(6)
Without limiting subsection (5), the Council may impose the following conditions and restrictions:
the person must work for a specified period in such establishment and under the supervision of such allied health professional who is registered with full or restricted registration in the same prescribed allied health profession as that of the person, as the Council may approve in order to acquire practical experience of such nature as the Council may determine;
the degree of the supervision mentioned in paragraph (a) must meet such requirements as the Council may specify;
the person’s performance is subject to review by such allied health professional who is registered in the same prescribed allied health profession as that of the person, or by such healthcare professional, as the Council may approve;
the particular employment or description of employment for the purposes of which the person is registered; (e)the particular establishment or description of establishments in which the person may practise the prescribed allied health profession;
the particular branch or area of the prescribed allied health profession in which the person may practise.
(7)
Without limiting sections 16 and 17, a person who is or has been registered as an allied health professional with conditional registration may, upon the revocation or lapsing of all the conditions and restrictions imposed under subsection (5), apply to the Council to be registered as an allied health professional with full or restricted registration, and section 16 or 17 (as the case may be) applies accordingly.
(8)
On an allied health professional with conditional registration becoming any other type of registered allied health professional, his or her name must be removed from the Register of Allied Health Professionals with Conditional Registration.
(9)
Except with the approval of the Council, a person who has been an allied health professional with conditional registration in a prescribed allied health profession must not be registered again as such in the same profession.