Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
Regulation 26
Exemption in relation to use of protected title in advertisement
Subregulation 1
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 31B(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to a person who advertises, or causes to be advertised, a healthcare service provided by an individual who is referred to in the advertisement by a protected title if the individual is —
an allied health professional who has a professional qualification in any of the allied health professions specified in the First Schedule to the Allied Health Professions Act 2011 that is not a prescribed allied health profession under that Act, and is carrying out any act or activity, or providing any service, within the scope of that allied health profession;
a traditional medicine practitioner of a system of therapeutics according to a Malay method or an Indian method who is certified or registered in any country to practise the Malay method or Indian method (as the case may be) of traditional medicine, and is carrying out any act or activity, or providing any service, within the scope of that practice; or
a practitioner of chiropractic or osteopathic services who is certified or registered in any country in chiropractic or osteopathic practice (as the case may be), and is carrying out any act or activity, or providing any service, within the scope of that practice.
Subregulation 2
A person who advertises, or causes to be advertised, a healthcare service provided by an individual mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) must include in the advertisement —
if the individual is an allied health professional mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) — a statement that the individual’s educational qualification is an allied health qualification; or
if the individual is a traditional medicine practitioner of a system of therapeutics according to a Malay method or an Indian method mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) or a practitioner of chiropractic or osteopathic services mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) — a statement that the individual’s educational qualification is a traditional and complementary therapy qualification.