FAQs on registration renewal

FAQs on administration

FAQs on retired practitioners

FAQs on administration

When will I be asked to renew my registration?

The registration year runs from 1st April to the following 31st March. Every September the Bach Centre sends a reminder and a set of renewal forms to everybody due to renew within that period. (NB – other arrangements apply in Venezuela – see below.) A further reminder is sent in November.

So, for example:

  • If you joined the register on 1st April 2007 your first renewal is due the 1st April 2008 – but you won’t be asked to pay until September 2008.
  • If you joined the register on the 31st March 2007 your first renewal is due on 31st March 2008 – and you will be reminded to pay in September 2007. However, you will not be removed from the register until you have gone past your renewal due date, i.e. 31st March 2008.

What special arrangements apply in Venezuela?

In Venezuela the Local Registrar collects renewal fees and forms in January each year.

How do I get a receipt for the renewal fee?

One of the re-registration forms is a combined invoice and receipt. If you received a hard-copy renewal reminder send back the bottom half of the invoice along with your payment and keep the top half as a receipt for tax purposes. If you received your renewal request by email simply print out and keep a copy of the invoice.

How do I know my form has been received?

We don’t send routine acknowledgements of receipt so as to reduce administration costs. Contact the organisation to which you sent your forms if you are concerned that they may have gone astray; or contact the Bach Centre direct.

Who reads the Continuing Professional Development reports, and why?

The reports are read by the person who is updating your information on the database, so it could be June King, Kathy Nicholson or Stefan Ball at the Centre. In some cases, for language reasons, forms are read by the Local Registrar who processes the renewal payment. The form is only read to confirm that you are actively engaged in working with the remedies. All information is received in confidence.

I have been off the register for some time but I would like to go back on. What do I have to do?

Contact the Bach Centre.

I renewed my registration but I’m not on the bachcentre.com referral list. Why not?

The referral only includes BFRPs who have sent in a completed Continuing Professional Development form. The commonest reason for not appearing on the referral list is that the practitioner has not completed the CPD form. If this is what has happened then you can download the CPD form and send it direct to the Bach Centre.

You should contact the Bach Centre if you have filled in the form and still don’t appear on the list.

The names only of all BFRPs - including those not on the referral lists - are listed separately on the web site, but their contact details are not given.

I don’t want to go on the referral lists. Do I still have to complete the Continuing Professional Development form?

If for any reason you do not want to be on the referral lists then you don’t need to complete the CPD form.

I live in Spain but I’m French. Can I receive registration renewal forms in French?

Because we have so many registration renewal forms to send out we have to automate the task. Unfortunately that means you will usually receive forms in the language of the country you live in, or in English where no translation is available.

Blank versions of the Continuing Professional Development form in several major languages are available online for you to download and print the version you want to use.

FAQs on retired practitioners

Do I have to pay a renewal fee if I am retired?

The Bach Centre waives re-registration fees for practitioners who are both aged over 65 and not working professionally with the remedies (i.e. not working with paying clients). If you are below the age limit or accepting money from clients then you still have to pay the renewal fee.

I am over 65 and I don’t see paying clients. How do I apply to have the fee waived?

Just send in your renewal forms as usual, but do not include payment or CPD. Enclose a covering letter explaining your situation and ask for the fee to be waived.

If my fee is waived because I am retired, why don't I have to complete the Continuing Professional Development form?

You don’t need to complete the CPD form because you will not be listed for referrals if you are retired. If you want to be listed for referrals you have to pay the renewal fee, and complete the CPD forms.

If I have had my fees waived because of retirement will I have to apply again next year?

Once your fee has been waived because of retirement you will not be included in registration renewal mailshots, and you will continue on the register indefinitely without having to fill in any more forms. Do remember though to contact us if you change your address.

I retired but now I want to go back into practice. What do I do?

If you decide you would like to become an active practitioner again, you need to pay the renewal fee. Contact the Bach Centre for a set of renewal forms.

I am not retired. Can the renewal fee be waived under any other circumstances?

If you are going through a financially difficult time we may be able to waive your renewal fee.

Please write in confidence to Stefan Ball at the Bach Centre. Note that if we do waive your fee for economic reasons this will be for a period of one year and you will have to write again at the next renewal point if your situation has not improved.