South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts37—Restrictions on provision of physiotherapy by unqualified persons
(1) A person must
not—
(a)
provide restricted therapy; or
(b)
provide prescribed physical therapy for fee or reward,
unless—
(c) the
person is a qualified person; or
(d) the
person provides that therapy through the instrumentality of a
qualified person.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to restricted therapy or
prescribed physical therapy provided by an unqualified person in prescribed
circumstances or pursuant to an exemption under subsection (3).
(3) The Governor may,
by proclamation, exempt a person from subsection (1) if of the opinion
that good reason exists for doing so in the particular circumstances of the
case.
(4) An exemption under
subsection (3) may be subject to such conditions as the Governor thinks
fit and specifies in the proclamation.
(5) A person who
contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition of an exemption under this
section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
(6) The Governor may,
by proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation under this section.
(7) In this
section—
"qualified person", in relation to restricted therapy or prescribed
physical therapy, means a person authorised by or under this Act or any other
Act to provide such therapy.