Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Registers
(1)
The Registrar shall maintain and keep the following registers:
a register to be called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration” which shall be divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars referred to in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with full registration in that profession;
a register to be called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Restricted Registration” which shall be divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars referred to in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with restricted registration in that profession;
a register to be called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Conditional Registration” which shall be divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars referred to in subsection (2) of persons who are registered as allied health professionals with conditional registration in that profession;
a register to be called “The Register of Allied Health Professionals with Temporary Registration” which shall be divided into parts, with one part corresponding to every prescribed allied health profession and containing the particulars referred to 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 name and residential address;
the address of his 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 is registered and the date he obtained that qualification; and
such other particulars as the Council may determine for that part of the register.
(3)
The Registrar shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers.
(4)
Subject to subsection (6), every person whose name is entered in a register shall inform the Registrar in writing of —
any change in his name or residential address;
any change in his practice address or such of his other particulars as may be prescribed; or
any change of or addition to his 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 residential address under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) shall be deemed to have complied with subsection (4)(a) on the date on which he 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.