StudentMembership |
AssociateMembership |
OverseasMembership |
FullMembership |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional requirement |
Speech therapy students are welcomed | Allied health professionals and educators are welcomed | Speech therapists who have graduated from one of the local speech therapy programs OR Members of acknowledged overseas professional associations** |
Speech therapists who have graduated from one of the local speech therapy programs OR Members of acknowledged overseas professional associations** |
| Area of practice | NIL | NIL | Practicing outside of Hong Kong | Practicing within Hong Kong (requires proof of valid Hong Kong address and practicing detail) |
| Required supporting documents |
Valid student ID | NIL | Graduation documentation* OR Proof of membership from an overseas profession association** OR Certificate of accreditation from HKIST*** |
Graduation documentation* OR Proof of membership from an overseas profession association** OR Certificate of accreditation from HKIST*** |
| Membership fee | $50/year | $100/year | $100/year | $300/year |
| Free/Discounted seminars and workshops hosted by HKAST | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receive monthly HKAST express newsletter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Annual membership certificate (e-Certificate) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enjoy HKAST member-exclusive discounts and welfare | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to our members-exclusive resource library | ✓ (partial access) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Searchable on HKAST website | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Discounted professional indemnity insurance | ✓ | |||
| Enjoy HKAST Full member-exclusive discounts and welfare | ✓ | |||
| Rights to attend and vote at HKAST Annual General Meeting | ✓ |
*Members of one of the following associations:
**HKAST only accept graduation letters and graduation certificates from local institutes accredited by Hong Kong Institution of Speech Therapists (HKIST); the document must verify the award of degree to the applicant on a specific date. Transcripts, student IDs and certifying letters of attendance are NOT accepted for overseas and full memberships.
***For persons who were trained outside Hong Kong and does not hold membership at one of the enlisted overseas professional associations, they must become an accredited speech therapist of Hong Kong Institute of Speech Therapists (HKIST) to be eligible to become full members of HKAST. Individual assessment will be conducted for each applicant by the HKIST to ensure individuals applying for accredited registration of HKIST meet the standards and competencies of the Speech Therapy graduates in Hong Kong. Please contact HKIST (http://www.hkist.org.hk/en) regarding application procedures and criteria for individual accredited registration.