Registration FAQs
Registration is a process where a professional applies to be granted registration and entered on a register of their profession. Please see the registration section of our website for more information.
A protected title is the professional title of the designated health and social care professions named under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. A registrant of a profession is entitled to use the title specified for that profession. The following health and social care professions are designated:
- Clinical Biochemist
- Dietitian
- Medical Scientist
- Occupational Therapist
- Orthoptist
- Physiotherapist
- Podiatrist
- Psychologist
- Radiographer
- Social Care Worker
- Social Worker
- Speech and Language Therapist
A separate Registration Board will be established for each of the 12 professions. The objective of each Board is to protect the public by fostering high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence among those registered. Registration Boards
The register contains information on the registered members of the designated professions. It will contain the following information about the registrant:-
- Registration number
- Full name
- Registration renewal date
- County and/or postal code (where applicable) in which the registrant practises
- Fitness to practise (FTP) details and conditions (if any)
Any member of the public will be able to view the register online to check who is on the register.
The register for Social Workers is open now. Registration Application.
The register for each of the other professions will open on a phased basis over the next number of years once a Registration Board for each profession has been appointed by the Minister for Health.
Announcements about the opening of these registers will be published on our website. You may register on our website to receive updates about the regulation of your profession.
When the register for your profession is open in order to register you must:
- hold an approved qualification
- complete an application form
- satisfy the Board that you are a fit and proper person to engage in the practice of the profession
- pay the required fee
When the register for your profession is open, in order to register you must:
a) apply within two years of the opening of the register
b) hold a qualification
a. listed in Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act
or
b. a qualification that in the opinion of the board is sufficiently relevant to that profession and is of a standard not lower than a qualification listed in Schedule 3
c) If you do not hold a qualification listed at either a or b above you must successfully complete an assessment of professional competence set by the Registration Board
d) complete an application form
e) satisfy the board that you are a fit and proper person to engage in the practice of the profession
f) pay the required fee
Please see the education section of the website for a list of all schedule 3 qualifications.
Under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, a registrant of a profession is entitled to use the title specified for that profession. Existing practitioners in the State will have 2 years to apply from the date of opening of the register.
We would encourage you to apply to register as soon as the register is open. To date the register for Social Workers is open. Most employers will require registration for new posts and promotions. Please see the Registration application section for further information.
No. You are not required to register if you are working abroad.
You will be required to arrange with the regulator to submit a certificate of good standing to the Registration Board as part of the registration process.
No. CORU will not be seeking evidence of CPD for initial registration.
Private practitioners may also register. Under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act, a registrant of a profession is entitled to use the title specified for that profession. Existing practitioners in the State will have 2 years to apply from the date of opening of the register.
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