Marc Seale was the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council—the UK multi-professional regulator—for 18 years. He has extensive experience of the regulation of healthcare professions in the UK, Europe and the USA.

• Author Biography ixPreface xiProcesses to Regulate Healthcare Professionals xiiiAcknowledgements xvAbout the Companion Website xviiIntroduction xix1 Acquiring and Assessing Competences 11.1 Principles and Processes to Educate and Train Healthcare Professionals 11.2 Standards of Entry to Practise 71.3 Acquiring the Competences of a Professional 91.4 Practice- Based Learning 121.5 Supervision 151.6 Assessing Competences 191.7 Alternative Processes to Acquire Competences 252 Education and Training Programmes – Domestic 292.1 Standards for Approving E&T Programmes 292.2 Initial Approval and Ongoing Monitoring of E&T Programmes 352.3 Quality Assurance of Education and Training Programmes 402.4 Funding and Commissioning of Educating and Training Programmes 433 Education and Training Programmes – International 473.1 Equivalence of Qualifications from Other Jurisdictions 473.2 Recognition of International Qualifications 504 Registers and Registration 554.1 The Register 554.2 Registration 634.3 Standards of Registration 664.4 Credentialing 674.5 Initial Registration 714.6 Fee Collection 774.7 Registration Certificates 794.8 Renewal of Registration 814.9 Standards and Guidance for Renewal of Registration 874.10 Readmission 894.11 Retired Professionals 914.12 Dual Registration 944.13 Registration Internal Appeals 964.14 Conditional Registration 994.15 Delayed or Postponed Initial Registration 1024.16 Non- Practising Registers 1044.17 Prohibition and Barring Schemes 1065 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1095.1 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1096 Regulation Beyond Entry to Practise 1176.1 Specialised Practice 1176.2 Extended Scope of Practice 1246.3 Advanced Practice 1277 Continuing Competence 1337.1 Constituent Parts of Continuing Competence 1337.2 Standards of Continuing Competence 1387.3 Activities to Ensure Continuing Competence 1407.4 Evidencing and Recording Continuing Competence 1467.5 Compliance with Continuing Competence Standards 1487.6 Failing Continuing Competence Sanctions and Appeals 1547.7 Justification Benefits and Resource Requirements for Continuing Competence 1587.8 Competence Assurance Gap and Recertification 1627.9 Patient Outcome 1667.10 Profiling 17110 Professionals Professions Professionalism and Professional Associations 19510.1 Professionals and Professions 19510.2 Defining a Profession 19810.3 Relationship Between Professionals Society and Organisations 20810.4 Professional Associations Learned Societies and Trade Unions 21610.5 Cooperation Collaboration and Rivalrous Competition Between Professions 22910.6 Relationship Between Regulators and Professional Associations 23310.7 The Future of Professionals and Professionalism 2378 Return to Practice 1778.1 Return to Practice 1778.2 Standards of Return to Practice 1839 Students 1859.1 Regulation of Students 1859.2 Provisional Registration and Internship 1909.3 Preceptorships 19311 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.1 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.2 Regulation of Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 250Legislation Index 257Organisation Index 259People Index 261Subject Index 263

Marc Seale was the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council—the UK multi-professional regulator—for 18 years. He has extensive experience of the regulation of healthcare professions in the UK, Europe and the USA.

• Author Biography ixPreface xiProcesses to Regulate Healthcare Professionals xiiiAcknowledgements xvAbout the Companion Website xviiIntroduction xix1 Acquiring and Assessing Competences 11.1 Principles and Processes to Educate and Train Healthcare Professionals 11.2 Standards of Entry to Practise 71.3 Acquiring the Competences of a Professional 91.4 Practice- Based Learning 121.5 Supervision 151.6 Assessing Competences 191.7 Alternative Processes to Acquire Competences 252 Education and Training Programmes – Domestic 292.1 Standards for Approving E&T Programmes 292.2 Initial Approval and Ongoing Monitoring of E&T Programmes 352.3 Quality Assurance of Education and Training Programmes 402.4 Funding and Commissioning of Educating and Training Programmes 433 Education and Training Programmes – International 473.1 Equivalence of Qualifications from Other Jurisdictions 473.2 Recognition of International Qualifications 504 Registers and Registration 554.1 The Register 554.2 Registration 634.3 Standards of Registration 664.4 Credentialing 674.5 Initial Registration 714.6 Fee Collection 774.7 Registration Certificates 794.8 Renewal of Registration 814.9 Standards and Guidance for Renewal of Registration 874.10 Readmission 894.11 Retired Professionals 914.12 Dual Registration 944.13 Registration Internal Appeals 964.14 Conditional Registration 994.15 Delayed or Postponed Initial Registration 1024.16 Non- Practising Registers 1044.17 Prohibition and Barring Schemes 1065 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1095.1 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1096 Regulation Beyond Entry to Practise 1176.1 Specialised Practice 1176.2 Extended Scope of Practice 1246.3 Advanced Practice 1277 Continuing Competence 1337.1 Constituent Parts of Continuing Competence 1337.2 Standards of Continuing Competence 1387.3 Activities to Ensure Continuing Competence 1407.4 Evidencing and Recording Continuing Competence 1467.5 Compliance with Continuing Competence Standards 1487.6 Failing Continuing Competence Sanctions and Appeals 1547.7 Justification Benefits and Resource Requirements for Continuing Competence 1587.8 Competence Assurance Gap and Recertification 1627.9 Patient Outcome 1667.10 Profiling 17110 Professionals Professions Professionalism and Professional Associations 19510.1 Professionals and Professions 19510.2 Defining a Profession 19810.3 Relationship Between Professionals Society and Organisations 20810.4 Professional Associations Learned Societies and Trade Unions 21610.5 Cooperation Collaboration and Rivalrous Competition Between Professions 22910.6 Relationship Between Regulators and Professional Associations 23310.7 The Future of Professionals and Professionalism 2378 Return to Practice 1778.1 Return to Practice 1778.2 Standards of Return to Practice 1839 Students 1859.1 Regulation of Students 1859.2 Provisional Registration and Internship 1909.3 Preceptorships 19311 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.1 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.2 Regulation of Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 250Legislation Index 257Organisation Index 259People Index 261Subject Index 263

Marc Seale was the Chief Executive and Registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council—the UK multi-professional regulator—for 18 years. He has extensive experience of the regulation of healthcare professions in the UK, Europe and the USA.

• Author Biography ixPreface xiProcesses to Regulate Healthcare Professionals xiiiAcknowledgements xvAbout the Companion Website xviiIntroduction xix1 Acquiring and Assessing Competences 11.1 Principles and Processes to Educate and Train Healthcare Professionals 11.2 Standards of Entry to Practise 71.3 Acquiring the Competences of a Professional 91.4 Practice- Based Learning 121.5 Supervision 151.6 Assessing Competences 191.7 Alternative Processes to Acquire Competences 252 Education and Training Programmes – Domestic 292.1 Standards for Approving E&T Programmes 292.2 Initial Approval and Ongoing Monitoring of E&T Programmes 352.3 Quality Assurance of Education and Training Programmes 402.4 Funding and Commissioning of Educating and Training Programmes 433 Education and Training Programmes – International 473.1 Equivalence of Qualifications from Other Jurisdictions 473.2 Recognition of International Qualifications 504 Registers and Registration 554.1 The Register 554.2 Registration 634.3 Standards of Registration 664.4 Credentialing 674.5 Initial Registration 714.6 Fee Collection 774.7 Registration Certificates 794.8 Renewal of Registration 814.9 Standards and Guidance for Renewal of Registration 874.10 Readmission 894.11 Retired Professionals 914.12 Dual Registration 944.13 Registration Internal Appeals 964.14 Conditional Registration 994.15 Delayed or Postponed Initial Registration 1024.16 Non- Practising Registers 1044.17 Prohibition and Barring Schemes 1065 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1095.1 Regulation of Educators Managers and Researchers 1096 Regulation Beyond Entry to Practise 1176.1 Specialised Practice 1176.2 Extended Scope of Practice 1246.3 Advanced Practice 1277 Continuing Competence 1337.1 Constituent Parts of Continuing Competence 1337.2 Standards of Continuing Competence 1387.3 Activities to Ensure Continuing Competence 1407.4 Evidencing and Recording Continuing Competence 1467.5 Compliance with Continuing Competence Standards 1487.6 Failing Continuing Competence Sanctions and Appeals 1547.7 Justification Benefits and Resource Requirements for Continuing Competence 1587.8 Competence Assurance Gap and Recertification 1627.9 Patient Outcome 1667.10 Profiling 17110 Professionals Professions Professionalism and Professional Associations 19510.1 Professionals and Professions 19510.2 Defining a Profession 19810.3 Relationship Between Professionals Society and Organisations 20810.4 Professional Associations Learned Societies and Trade Unions 21610.5 Cooperation Collaboration and Rivalrous Competition Between Professions 22910.6 Relationship Between Regulators and Professional Associations 23310.7 The Future of Professionals and Professionalism 2378 Return to Practice 1778.1 Return to Practice 1778.2 Standards of Return to Practice 1839 Students 1859.1 Regulation of Students 1859.2 Provisional Registration and Internship 1909.3 Preceptorships 19311 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.1 Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 24311.2 Regulation of Occupations and Healthcare Assistants 250Legislation Index 257Organisation Index 259People Index 261Subject Index 263