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FAQs: Practitioners and Statutory Regulation

If you wish to continue to offer the public services as a psychologist you will have to register with the Health Professions Council (HPC).

In its draft proposals, the government says all of the Society's Chartered Psychologists with practising certificates and an adjectival Divisional title will be automatically transferred to the HPC registered psychologist register on the day that it opens, unless there are outstanding fitness to practise proceedings relating to them.

I am Exempt from a Practicing Certificate (EPC), how does this affect me?

The government outlines how it will deal with exemptions in its draft legislation for the Statutory Regulation of Psychologists.

I am a Society member but not Chartered: how will this affect me?

Statutory regulation will not affect you unless you wish to offer services as a psychologist using one of the protected titles. In this case you will need to register with Health Professions Council, if and when responsibility for regulation is passed to the body.

I am not Chartered Psychologist: how can I offer services to the public as a psychologist?

If you wish to offer services to the public using a protected title you will be required to be regulated. If you are eligible for Chartership and Division membership then it will be worth considering applying for these now, if you want to continue offering services to the public if and when the HPC takes responsibility for regulation. To join the Register costs £65 and full Division membership ranges between £35 and £85, so, a total of no more than £150. You will then be able to be automatically transferred to the Health Profession Council's register. Otherwise, you will have to apply to the HPC via a process called ‘grandparenting’.

How does grandparenting work?

You will need to apply to the HPC stating how you meet the criteria for entry to the register in a particular domain of practice. The draft legislation document outlines how grandparenting will work.