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Registration
Our four standards covering registration including requiring regulators and Accredited Registers to have accurate and accessible registers, a transparent, proportionate, effective and registration process as well as taking action in response to misleading claims of registration and ensuring there are process in place to ensure their registrants maintain their skills and continue to be suitable to practise. (We use the term “organisation” to refer to both regulators and Accredited Registers.)
Standard 8: The public register
What do we expect?
The organisation maintains an accurate and accessible published register of all health or care practitioners, clearly indicating any restrictions on their registration. Where appropriate, this applies to businesses and premises, who are registered.
Why is it important?
So that the public, patients, service users, employers and fellow health and care professionals can easily check whether a practitioner is qualified, registered, up-to-date, indemnified, and suitable to practise.
What does this mean in practice?
- The Information about registrants is accurate, accessible and easy to find.
- The public register contains only information that organisations assess as being necessary for public protection.
- Restrictions on practice are displayed clearly and are visible to anyone accessing a register entry for a practitioner.
- A system is in place for updating and quality assuring the register.
Standard 9: The registration process
What do we expect?
The organisation maintains an accurate and accessible published register of all health or care practitioners, clearly indicating any restrictions on their registration. Where appropriate, this applies to businesses and premises, who are registered.
Why is it important?
So that the public, patients, service users, employers and fellow health and care professionals can easily check whether a practitioner is qualified, registered, up-to-date, indemnified, and suitable to practise.
What does this mean in practice?
- The Information about registrants is accurate, accessible and easy to find.
- The public register contains only information that organisations assess as being necessary for public protection.
- Restrictions on practice are displayed clearly and are visible to anyone accessing a register entry for a practitioner.
- A system is in place for updating and quality assuring the register.
Standard 10: Protecting the public from being misled about registration status What we expect
What do we expect?
The organisation maintains an accurate and accessible published register of all health or care practitioners, clearly indicating any restrictions on their registration. Where appropriate, this applies to businesses and premises, who are registered.
Why is it important?
So that the public, patients, service users, employers and fellow health and care professionals can easily check whether a practitioner is qualified, registered, up-to-date, indemnified, and suitable to practise.
What does this mean in practice?
- The Information about registrants is accurate, accessible and easy to find.
- The public register contains only information that organisations assess as being necessary for public protection.
- Restrictions on practice are displayed clearly and are visible to anyone accessing a register entry for a practitioner.
- A system is in place for updating and quality assuring the register.
Standard 11: Continuing suitability for registration
What do we expect?
The organisation maintains an accurate and accessible published register of all health or care practitioners, clearly indicating any restrictions on their registration. Where appropriate, this applies to businesses and premises, who are registered.
Why is it important?
So that the public, patients, service users, employers and fellow health and care professionals can easily check whether a practitioner is qualified, registered, up-to-date, indemnified, and suitable to practise.
What does this mean in practice?
- The Information about registrants is accurate, accessible and easy to find.
- The public register contains only information that organisations assess as being necessary for public protection.
- Restrictions on practice are displayed clearly and are visible to anyone accessing a register entry for a practitioner.
- A system is in place for updating and quality assuring the register.