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The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC, formerly the Health Professions Council, HPC) is a statutory regulator of 308,000 health and care professionals from 16 professions in the United Kingdom.〔''HCPC - Health Professions Council'' (). Accessed 13 August 2012.〕 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.〔Health and Care Professions Council: ''About Us'' - http://www.hcpc-uk.org/aboutus/. Accessed 13 August 2012.〕 Its key functions include approving education and training programmes which health and care professionals must complete before they can register with the HCPC; and maintaining and publishing a Register of health and care providers who meet pre-determined professional requirements and standards of practice. On 1 August 2012, the HCPC took over the regulation of social workers in England from the General Social Care Council. The HPC was renamed the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), reflecting its new responsibilities. These changes were made by the UK Government as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The strap line that they use was also changed to "Regulating health, psychological and social work professionals" which was considered better suited to describe the diversity of professionals that they regulate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About us: We have changed our name )〕 The HCPC has also reported it was being accorded new powers to set up voluntary registers for unregulated professions or related professions, including students seeking to enter a regulated or unregulated profession or related occupation.〔''Health Professions Council meeting agenda summary'', Thursday 10 February 2011 - http://www.hpc-uk.org/assets/documents/1000333DCouncil_decisions_February_2011.pdf. Accessed 14 March 2011.〕 The work of the HCPC and other health professions regulators in the UK (e.g. General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council, etc.) is overseen by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE). ==Professions regulated by the HCPC== The HCPC regulates 16 categories of health and care professionals. They are:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About registration: Professions )〕 All of these professions have at least one professional title that is protected by law, including those shown above. Anyone using these titles must be registered with the HCPC. It is a criminal offence for someone to claim that they are registered with the HCPC when they are not or to use a protected title that they are not entitled to use.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About registration: Protected titles )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health and Care Professions Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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