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Titles for use

Information on the approved titles for registered Allied Health Professionals.

Last updated 7 April 2025

It is an offence for a person who is not a qualified Allied Health Professional to falsely assume the title listed in the table.  Likewise, it is an offence for a qualified Allied Health Professional to falsely assume the titles listed in the table other than in his prescribed profession.

(Please refer to Section 29 and Section 30 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011 for details)

Only professionals registered in their respective Allied Health Professions may use these titles.

Allied Health Professions with their respective titles

Allied Health Profession

Titles

Occupational Therapy (or Ergomedicine or Ergotherapy)

  1. Occupational Therapist

  2. Ergotherapist

Physiotherapy

  1. Physiotherapist

  2. Physical Therapist

Radiation Therapy

  1. Radiation Therapist

  2. Therapeutic Radiographer

Radiography

  1. Diagnostic Radiographer

  2. Radiographer

  3. Radiologic Technologist

Speech-Language Pathology (or Speech Language Pathology)

  1. Speech Language Therapist (or Speech-Language Therapist)

  2. Speech Language Pathologist (or Speech-Language Pathologist)

  3. Speech and Language Therapist (or Speech-and-Language Therapist)

  4. Speech and Language Pathologist (or Speech-and-Language Pathologist)

  5. Speech Therapist (or Speech-Therapist)

  6. Speech Pathologist (or Speech-Pathologist)