Professions Regulated By The HCPC
The HCPC regulates 16 health professions. They are:
- Arts therapists
- Biomedical scientists
- Chiropodists/podiatrists
- Clinical scientists
- Dietitians
- Hearing aid dispensers
- Occupational therapists
- Operating department practitioners
- Orthoptists
- Paramedics
- Physiotherapists
- Practitioner psychologists (e.g. Clinical psychologists)
- Prosthetists and orthotists
- Radiographers
- Social workers in England
- Speech and language therapists
All of these professions have at least one professional title that is protected by law, including those shown above. Anyone using these titles must be registered with the HCPC. It is a criminal offence for someone to claim that they are registered with the HCPC when they are not or to use a protected title that they are not entitled to use.
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