Practitioner Registration

In order for the ACAT to be able to ensure that inclusion on the Practitioners Register is restricted to genuine, fully trained and properly qualified members, it has been necessary to introduce verification of applicants' qualifications.

Therefore, it is not possible to accept immediate online applications from prospective members seeking Practitioner status.

The ACAT admin team is sure that genuine applicants will appreciate the need for and advisability of this precaution and will accept the inevitable delay between application and inclusion on the register.

There will be two methods of qualification verification.

1. The whole process can be conducted by post.
a) Applicants are requested to download the application form, complete it and post it to the ACAT.
b) A decision, based on the applicant's qualifications will be made and notified to the applicant by post, phone or email.
c) The applicant returns a subscription cheque, on receipt of which their details as a Practitioner will be entered into the database.

The pdf application form can be downloaded by clicking here.
(This will require Adobe Acrobat™ or Adobe Reader™ to be installed on your computer.
If you do not have this application you can download it free here.)

2. The process can be conducted by email with either online or cheque payment.
a) The applicant completes an online application giving full details of their qualifications and experience.
b) A decision is made by the ACAT and notified to the applicant by an email which will include a unique authentification number.
c) The applicant completes their registration online using their authentification number and is then able to complete the registration by the online payment facility OR by returning a cheque.

For the online facility for practitioner applications click here.

Speed of processing.
Every effort will be made to process applications and return the decision as swiftly as possible.
Inevitably the online system will be faster than the postal version and, for those applicants who choose to register online but pay by cheque, their registration will not be fully activated until the cheque has cleared.
For applicants who choose online payment, registrations are activated immediately payment has been made.

If further clarification is required please contact the Admin team at the ACAT:

Email: info@theacat.co.uk

Phone: 01626 852485

The Association of Complementary Animal Therapies
PO Box 31
CHUDLEIGH
Devon
TQ13 0ZQ