THE COUNCIL PROFESSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO MEDICINE

The Council is an executive body by statute falling under the purview of the Ministry of Health. It was first appointed in 1970 in accordance with the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act, 1965, and Regulations thereto with specific responsibility to -

(a) regulate the training of students in the specified professions;
(b) register members of the specified professions;
(c) ensure the maintenance of proper standards of conduct of the specified professions registered under the Act.

The professions listed under the specified professions are: -

Medical Laboratory Technologists, Radiographers, Physiotherapists,
Occupational Therapists, Medical Dietitians/Nutritionists, Speech Therapists,
Public Health Inspectors, Nutrition Assistants, Dietetic Assistants, Audiologists.

For further information about the Council, visit our website at www.paramedicalprofessions.org