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To protect the confidentiality of the sender, some details have been omitted or slightly altered. According to the sender, an automated reply was sent and that was all that was received.
To provide more clarity on some of the things mentioned in the letter, links have been provided for you to access them.
Here is the update of the letter: http://sgpsychstuff.blogspot.sg/2013/06/update-MOH-letter.html
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Sent: [Date removed]-10-11
Subject: Regulatory and Licensing
This enquiry is about the regulation and registration of
psychologists in Singapore. I noticed that in the Allied Health Professionals Act 2011, it only included clinical psychologist, which means that only clinical
psychologists will be regulated by this act. And in the HPP site, there is no
council for the registration for psychologists. I understand that this
registration is done by Singapore Psychological Society (SPS). However it is
not compulsory if someone wishes to be a psychologist. Hence there is no formal
regulation and registration for psychologists of other areas
(educational/organisational/counselling/etc.) in Singapore.
Probably the ministry could look into this, and have some
form of mandatory regulation for psychologists in Singapore. This is a vital
issue as this affects the prestige and recognition of psychologists(clinical
and other areas) in Singapore. This also creates a chain reaction for the
academic programs in psychology in Singapore.
I am not a clinical psychologist, so the regulations and the
act do not really affect me at all; however I feel that for the benefit of our
clients, there should be some regulation into the registration and control over
the other areas of psychology as well. Doesn't "Do no harm to
clients" not apply to all psychologists practising in Singapore?
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