Singapore legislation

Clause 37

of Allied Health Professions Bill

Clause 37

Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.

(1)

A registered allied health professional who believes that —

(a)

his fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition; or

(b)

the quality of the professional services provided by him does not meet the standard which is reasonable to expect of an allied health professional,may request the Council to do one or more of the following:

(i)

to remove his name from the appropriate register;

(ii)

to suspend his registration in the appropriate register for a period of not more than 3 years;

(iii)

where the registered allied health professional is an allied health professional with full registration, to remove his name from the Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration and register him as an allied health professional with restricted or conditional registration in the prescribed allied health profession in which he is registered and with appropriate conditions or restrictions, and section 17(2) and (3) or 18(4) to (9), as the case may be, shall apply accordingly;

(iv)

where the registered allied health professional is registered in any register other than the Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration, to impose appropriate conditions or restrictions on his registration;

(v)

to suspend or cancel his practising certificate.

(2)

Subject to this section, if the Council and the registered allied health professional agree in writing on the action to be taken under subsection (1), the Council may proceed with the agreed course of action.

(3)

The Council shall not take any action under this section if —

(a)

it believes that there is evidence of any of the matters referred to in section 39(1)(a) or (b); or

(b)

proceedings have been commenced under Division 2 of this Part.

(4)

This section shall also apply where the Council has made a notification to the registered allied health professional under section 39(3)(b), except that if the Council and the registered allied health professional are unable to agree on the course of action to be taken under subsection (1), the Council shall proceed to refer the matter to the Chairman of the Complaints Panel under section 39(3)(a).

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