What is state registration ?
State registration is the process in place in all countries whereby the national, or in some cases local, government approves teachers to Work In The State Sector Schools. Private and international school fall outside this and in nearly all cases there is no requirement on teachers to have any registration to teach in the private or international school sector. Of course the school itself may choose to only employ teachers from certain training backgrounds or with specific qualifications but that is different from a statutory requirement to have registration prior to being allowed to teach. In the United Kingdom along with some other countries the state registration is often referred to as Qualified Teacher status, QTS for short. Increasingly we are hearing reports from around the world that governments are now in the process of looking at introducing some requirements for teachers in international schools and this programme we expect to comply with any such requirements.
State registration has one purpose – the protection of the public. One element is to ensure that clinical scientists are competent to practise. A standard is set which is recognised throughout the United Kingdom and is thus a significant form of public protection from unprofessional or unethical behaviour. Clinical scientists working in or indirectly for the National Health Service or local authorities must be registered with the Clinical Scientists Board. Also private health insurance companies will only recompense patients who are treated by state registered clinical scientists. Removal from the register means that an individual would no longer be able to work as a clinical scientist in the public sector. The United Kingdom Parliament formally acknowledged the professional status of clinical scientists by setting up the Clinical Scientists Board through the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960. This gives a considerable degree of professional autonomy to Clinical Scientists
