s 30 False assumption of title by duly qualified allied health professional
30.—(1) A duly qualified allied health professional shall be guilty of an offence if he or she —(a) wilfully and falsely pretends to be a duly qualified allied health professional from any prescribed allied health profession other than the one for which he or she is registered and issued a practising certificate (called in this section the authorised profession); (b) practises any prescribed allied health profession or a branch thereof under the style or title of an allied health professional from a prescribed allied health profession other than the authorised profession, or under any name, title, addition or description implying that he or she holds any diploma, degree or qualification in a prescribed allied health profession or a branch thereof other than the authorised profession; (c) takes or uses any name or title set out in the second column of the Second Schedule relating to a prescribed allied health profession other than the authorised profession, or any other word in any language having the same meaning or being to the like intent; (d) takes or uses any name, title, sign, uniform, badge, or any other addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that he or she is qualified to practise a prescribed allied health profession or a branch thereof other than the authorised profession; or (e) advertises or holds himself or herself out as an allied health professional from any prescribed allied health profession other than the authorised profession. (2) Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to any act carried out by a person in the course of the person’s training to become an allied health professional, if that training is done under the supervision of a registered allied health professional and in an establishment approved by the Council. (3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1)(c), (d) or (e) to prove that the person acted without the intention to deceive or to gain any advantage, benefit or financial gain for a business, trade, profession, vocation or employment carried on by the person. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person charged with an offence under subsection (1)(e) if the person so advertised or held himself or herself out in the prescribed circumstances.