s 37 Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.
37.—(1) A registered allied health professional who believes that —(a) his or her fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his or her physical or mental condition; or (b) the quality of the professional services provided by him or her does not meet the standard which is reasonable to expect of an allied health professional, may request the Council to do one or more of the following: (c) to remove his or her name from the appropriate register; (d) to suspend his or her registration in the appropriate register for a period of not more than 3 years; (e) where the registered allied health professional is an allied health professional with full registration, to remove his or her name from the Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration and register him or her as an allied health professional with restricted or conditional registration in the prescribed allied health profession in which he or she is registered and with appropriate conditions or restrictions, and section 17(2) and (3) or 18(4) to (9) (as the case may be) applies accordingly; (f) where the registered allied health professional is registered in any register other than the Register of Allied Health Professionals with Full Registration, to impose appropriate conditions or restrictions on his or her registration; (g) to suspend or cancel his or her practising certificate. (2) Subject to this section, if the Council and the registered allied health professional agree in writing on the action to be taken under subsection (1), the Council may proceed with the agreed course of action. (3) The Council must not take any action under this section if —(a) it believes that there is evidence of any of the matters mentioned in section 39(1)(a) or (b); or (b) proceedings have been commenced under Division 2 of this Part. (4) This section also applies where the Council has notified the registered allied health professional under section 39(3)(b), except that if the Council and the registered allied health professional are unable to agree on the course of action to be taken under subsection (1), the Council must proceed to refer the matter to the Chairperson of the Complaints Panel under section 39(3)(a).[S 23/2025]