The Plenum of the Parliament unanimously approved a law that regulates the practice of the profession of music therapist. At the same time, on the occasion of this vote, MPs raised concerns about how to regulate or not to regulate professions in Cyprus, but also about the risk of creating closed professions.
The relevant proposal for a law to regulate the profession of music therapist came unanimously from the Parliamentary Health Committee.
The Chairman of the Health Committee, DISY MP Efthimios Diplaros said that the absence of regulation of the profession created many problems and risks that were taken into account, while the intention of the Committee, he said, is to come to regulate all professions related to the health sector.
EPP President Marinos Sizopoulos referred to the need to have an umbrella law so that registration boards operate in all professions in exactly the same way.
DIKO MP Chrysanthos Savvidis said that the profession of music therapist is of great value because it helps especially children in need but also adults. He added that there are many other professions that are not registered and there should be order in this area.
AKEL MP Marina Nicolaou, after stating that the amendment was registered on behalf of all members of the Health Committee, said that AKEL would also vote in favour of it.
DISY MP Marios Mavridis said that there should be free access to the professions and the establishment of registration boards is the beginning of the effort to limit this access. He noted that there are many examples of registration councils being manipulated by members and setting criteria that are difficult so that one cannot have access and closed professions are created.
DISY MP Kyriakos Hatzigiannis questioned whether creating such obstacles slows down the professional rehabilitation of young people.
He said that there are examples where trying to protect the existing ones closes the way to the younger ones and spoke of the need to be careful.
Source: CNA
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