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Allied Health Professions Council

Restricted registration (R-Reg)

For professionals who were actively practising in Singapore when registration for their profession commenced, allowing them to continue practising within a restricted area, with a specified employer and/or in designated types of establishments.

Last updated 7 April 2025

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Overview
Determining the scope of restriction
Changes in employer or place of practice

Overview

Restricted registration was granted to Allied Health Professionals who were actively practising in Singapore when registration for the profession commenced.  This registration allows them to continue practising without supervision in a restricted area of practice, with a specified employer and/or in specified types of establishments.

AHPC ceased granting restricted registration with effect from the following dates for the various professional groups regulated:

  1. For Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech-Language Therapists: 15 April 2014

  2. For Diagnostic Radiographer and Radiation Therapists: 15 April 2017

Determining the scope of restriction

Applicants being considered for restricted registration will be required to provide details of their full scope of practice in Singapore. The restricted practice will be determined on a case-by-case based on demonstrated competent professional practice and current scope of practice in Singapore. The restrictions imposed by AHPC may specify:

  1. Scope of practice

  2. Age group of patients/clients [PDF, 27 KB] and/or

  3. Types of establishments and/or services [PDF, 95 KB]

The restrictions imposed on an AHP’s registration are not specialisation of practice. Restricted registration is applied to "grandfather" those whose qualifications are not recognised by the AHPC but were actively practising in Singapore when registration commenced.

The AHPC may consider full registration only for certain exceptional practitioners who clearly demonstrated competence in the full scope of practice.

Important note:

The restricted scope of practice differs for every AHP. Thus, the AHP and their employers are to ensure that they are practising within their scope of practice as stipulated in their Registration Certificate.

Changes in employer or place of practice

AHPs on restricted registration may change employer or place of practice provided that their practice remains within the specified scope. These AHPs must notify the AHPC in writing at least 1 month in advance and obtain the AHPC’s approval for the change prior to implementing any change in employment or place of practice. 

Pursuant to Section 26(1)(a)1 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011, the AHPC may remove the name of the registrant from the Register if he/she is found not to have complied with the conditions or restrictions of his/her registration.

1Section 26(1)(a) of the Allied Health Professions Act states that “Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the Council may, upon such evidence as it may require, order the removal from the appropriate register of the name of a registered Allied Health Professional if he has been registered with restricted, conditional or temporary registration, and has failed to comply with any condition or restriction to which his registration is subject”.