‘Consider the regulation/registration bodies for your profession and describe their role and how they apply to you as a student and then as a practitioner’ It's important to be aware and vigilant of the regulation/ registration bodies in any profession. This awareness becomes even more mandatory when involving a health orientated profession such as Audiology. They have significant influences on the way Audiologists behave and perform, and what standards we need to conform to. As an Audiologist health student, they currently influence me as a student and will do so similarly but also differently in the future, as a health practitioner. There are numerous bodies that are applicable to Audiologists each carrying different regulations. Some regulations are mandatory which are denoted statutory, whilst others are optional and are open and available to individuals seeking membership. Health Professions Council (2013) The Health and Care Professions Council is one of the bodies regulating Audiologists. In 1968 the Hearing Aid Council was set up as a statutory body by an act of parliament to regulate Hearing Aid dispensers. Hearing Aid Council was abolished by the government in 2005 …show more content…
This body endeavours on developing and solves matters relating to standards of education, clinical competence, and practice on professional developments. The body performs its duties as a body ensuring accreditation of preregistration clinical physiology education programmes and ensure appropriate communication with all relevant parties such as NHS. Many practitioners who have registered with RCCP have made several mistakes towards the patients. However, the RCCP intends to control the risk by qualifying the practitioners so that they keep their standards and retain fitness to practice. These help the practitioners to build a confidence during practices both in terms of their competence and