出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/19 18:08 UTC 版)
The Health Professions Council (HPC) is a statutory regulator of 210,000 health professionals from 15 professions in the United Kingdom. It was set up in 2003 under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (CPSM). The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public. It does this by setting and maintaining standards of proficiency and conduct for the professions it regulates. Its key functions include approving education and training programmes which health professionals must complete before they can register with the HPC; and maintaining and publishing a Register of health care providers who meet pre-determined professional requirements and standards of practice.