Documentary Evidence That The Applicant’s Expertise In The Allied Health Profession Is Not Available In Mauritius.docx

Registration of practitioners regardless of whether they work in the private or public sector or are self-employed Purpose:  To protect the public Benefit of Registration  can legally use the title of your profession  greater confidence in your profession (professional qualifications have been independently verified)  your work is supported with a code of professional’s conduct and ethics  protect the reputation of the professions – formal disciplinary procedure for dealing with professionals who do not meet the standards expected of them 

Benefits to the Public:  providing health and social care professionals with a Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics that includes the standards of performance expected of them as they practise their profession;  requiring educational bodies to deliver qualifications that prepare professionals to provide safe and appropriate care;  requiring registered professionals to undertake continuing professional development so that they keep their skills up to date;  allowing the publishing of a Register of names of those professionals who meet the specified standards; and  allowing the running of Fitness to Practise hearings, if necessary, into the conduct and competence of a registrant, after a complaint is made. Non-Malaysian Practitioners:  Documentary evidence that the applicant’s expertise in the allied health profession is not available in Malaysia