Table 4.

List of professions regulated in Malaysia, Australia and the UK

Country	Regulation	Professions
Malaysia	Act 774	Audiologist, Clinical Psychologist, Dental Technologist, Diagnostic Radiographer, Dietitian, Entomologist (Public Health), Environmental Health Officer, Health Education Officer, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Medical Physicist, Nutritionist, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Radiation Therapist, Speech-Language Therapist, and Medical Laboratory Scientists (Biochemist, Biomedical Scientist, Embryologist, Medical Geneticist, Microbiologist and Forensic Science Officer)
Australia	National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS)	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners, Chinese Medicine Practitioners, Chiropractors, Dental Practitioners, Medical Radiation Practitioners, Medical Practitioners, Nurses, Midwives, Occupational Therapists, Optometrists, Osteopaths, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists and Psychologists
	National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP)	Audiologists, Dietitians, Exercise Physiologists, Speech Pathologists, Social Workers, Orthotists/Prosthetists, Perfusionists, Music Therapists and Genetic Counsellors
UK	Health and Care Professions Council	Arts Therapists, Biomedical Scientists, Chiropodists/Podiatrists, Clinical Scientists, Dietitians, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Occupational Therapists, Operating Department Practitioners, Orthoptists, Paramedics, Physiotherapists, Practitioner Psychologists, Prosthetics/Orthotics, Radiographers and Speech and Language Therapists
	Accredited Registers	Acupuncture, Alexander Technique, Aromatherapy, Audiology, Bioinformatics, Biomechanical Engineering, Biomedical Science, Botulinum toxins, Bowen Therapy, Cardiac Physiology, Chemical peels and skin rejuvenation, Children’s Health, Clinical Physiology, Clinical Technology, Complementary Therapies, Cosmetic Practitioners (Non-surgical), Counselling, Craniosacral Therapy, Dermal fillers, Foot Health, Gastroenterology Physiology, Hematology, Hair Restoration, Healing, Health Informatics, Healthcare Chaplaincy, Healthcare Science, Hypnotherapy, Injectable Cosmetic Providers, Kinesiology, Lasers, Intense Pulsed Light and Light-emitting Diode treatments, Life Sciences, Massage Therapy, Medical Engineering, Medical Illustration, Microbiology, Microsystems Acupuncture, Naturopathy, Neurophysiology, Nuclear Medicine, Nutritional Therapy, Physical Sciences, Physiological Sciences, Play Therapy, Psychotherapy, Public Health, Radiation Engineering, Radiation Physics, Radiotherapy Physics, Reflexology, Rehabilitation Engineering, Reiki, Renal Technology, Respiratory Physiology, Shiatsu, Sleep Physiology, Sport Rehabilitation, Sports Massage, Sports Therapy, Talking Therapy, Vision Habilitation, Vision Rehabilitation and Yoga Therapy