Criteria

These are the criteria that new professions must show they meet, in order for the Council to recommend that they should be regulated.

Aspirant groups must:

• Cover a discrete area of activity displaying some homogeneity
• Apply a defined body of knowledge
• Practise based on evidence of efficacy
• Have at least one established professional body which accounts for a significant proportion of that occupational group
• Operate a voluntary register
• Have defined routes of entry to the profession
• Have independently assessed entry qualifications
• Have standards in relation to conduct, performance and ethics
• Have Fitness to Practise procedures to enforce those standards
• Be committed to continuous professional development (CPD)