Human Resource Management Professionals (Registration and Training)Regulations, 2015

Section 1. Citation Section These Regulations may be cited as the Human Resource Management Professionals (Registration and Training) Regulations, 2015.

Section 2. Interpretation Section In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires— "continuous professional development" means a process or activity that provides added value to the capability of the professional through advancement in knowledge, skills and personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties; "credit point" means continuous professional development ("a process or activity that provides added value to the capability of the professional through advancement in knowledge, skills and personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties;") rating as determined by the Council; "registered" means registered as a member of the Institute under section 4 of the Act; "unit of continuing education" means a measurement assigned by the Council to all or part of a continuing education activity.

Section 3. Membership registration for Fellows Section 3(1) A person shall be invited for membership as a Fellow of for the Institute of Human Resource Management if he or she is a member of the Institute who has practiced human resource for a minimum of fifteen (15) years and has rendered outstanding service to the human resource profession. Section 3(2) Subject to these Regulations, all persons who had been invited to be Fellows by the Institute as at 31st December, 2013, shall retain their fellowship.

Section 4. Criteria for registration of a Member Section a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in any discipline or its equivalent from a recognized university and a Higher Diploma in human resource management or a Post Graduate Diploma in human resource management or its equivalent from an accredited institution with a minimum of five (5) years' work experience in human resource;

Section 5. Registration of Associate Members Section a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in human resource management or its equivalent from an accredited university;

Section 6. Applications for registration Section 6(1) Every human resource management professional shall apply for membership to the Registration Committee for registration as a Member or Associate Member, annually. Section 6(2) Every applicant shall obtain from the Institute, an application form for registration under sub-regulation (1), as set out in Form A in the Schedule to these Regulations. Section 6(3)(a) produce documentary evidence of academic, professional and relevant experience in the field of human resource management; Section 6(3)(b) pay the requisite annual membership fee as determined by the Council, from time to time. Section 6(4) Once an application is approved by the Registration Committee, the successful applicant shall be issued with a certificate of registration as set out in Form B in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 7. Eligibility for an annual practicing certificate Section Any person seeking to obtain or renew a practising certificate must be a fully paid up Fellow or Member of the Institute with a minimum Bachelor's degree and a Higher Diploma in human resource management or its equivalent from a recognized professional examining body, who either performs human resource management duties and responsibilities in an organization or offers human resource consultancy services in a registered ("registered as a member of the Institute under section 4 of the Act;") human resource firm.

Section 8. Annual practicing certificates Section 8(1) The annual practicing certificate shall be as set out in Form C in the Schedule to these Regulations. Section 8(2) The Council shall, from time to time, review the fee for annual practising certificates.

Section 9. Conduct of the education programmes of the Council Section 9(1) The Council shall conduct education programmes as may from time to time be deemed relevant and may accredit any programme conducted by any institution, body or other organization (in these Regulations referred to as "the sponsoring agency"). Section 9(2) The Council shall assign a unit or units of continuing education for each programme to be used in awarding credit points to members participating thereof. Section 9(3) The Council shall review credit points under the continuous professional development ("a process or activity that provides added value to the capability of the professional through advancement in knowledge, skills and personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties;") scheme by giving notice to members.

Section 10. Award of credit points and certificates Section The Council or the sponsoring agency may award credit points to participants in the continuing education programme and shall issue certificates of participation to all participants who have successfully completed the programme.

Section 11. Record of accredited programmes and participants Section 11(1) The Council shall keep a record of all accredited programmes showing their sponsoring agencies, the description of any such programmes and whether the sponsoring agency has filed a record of its participants. Section 11(2) The Council or the sponsoring agency shall keep a record of the participants in any programme, showing whether the participants successfully completed their programmes or not. Section 11(3) The sponsoring agency shall, upon the completion of any programme, file a return with the Council.

Section 12. Requirements for continuing education programmes Section Every continuing professional development or education programme shall emphasize ethical, practical and professional aspects of human resource management or strategic human resource planning relevant to the practice of human resource management and must be aimed at the improvement of the professional competence of the human resource management professionals.

Section 13. Application for accreditation Section 13(1) Any sponsoring agency seeking accreditation shall make an application in that regard to the Council in the prescribed form. Section 13(2)(a) whether the objective of the programme is that of the improvement of the professional competence of human resource management professionals; Section 13(2)(b) whether the applicant has the infrastructure sufficient and conducive for disseminating the programmes; Section 13(2)(c) whether the applicant has the expertise and resources necessary for achieving the goals of continuous professional development ("a process or activity that provides added value to the capability of the professional through advancement in knowledge, skills and personal qualities necessary for the execution of professional and technical duties;") or education programme; Section 13(2)(d) whether the programme is an educational programme; Section 13(2)(e) whether the programme is an activity dealing with the subject matter that is directly relevant to the practice of human resource management; Section 13(2)(f) whether the method of presentation sought to be utilised is appropriate for dissemination of the relevant skil...

Section 14. Prescribing fees Section The Council may prescribe a fee to be paid by participants taking part in any continuing education programme, and, in the case of an accredited programme, the Council shall approve any such accreditation fees levied to a sponsoring agency.

Section 15. Proof of compliance Section Every application for an annual practicing certificate shall be accompanied by proof that the applicant has secured ten credit points of continuing education upon attending and participating in the continuing education programmes during the preceding year as set out in Form D in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 16. Delegation of functions Section The Council may delegate any or all of its functions under these Regulations, to a Committee by itself.