South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE ACT 2005 - SECT 27

27—Registration of natural persons as physiotherapists

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a natural person is eligible for registration on the register of physiotherapists if the person, on application to the Board, satisfies the Board that he or she—

            (a)         has qualifications approved or recognised by the Board for the purposes of registration on the register; and

            (b)         has met the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the purposes of registration on the register; and

            (c)         is medically fit to provide physiotherapy; and

            (d)         is, unless exempted by the Board, insured or indemnified in a manner and to an extent approved by the Board against civil liabilities that might be incurred by the person in connection with the provision of physiotherapy as a physiotherapist; and

            (e)         is a fit and proper person to be registered on the register.

        (2)         If a person who applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the register of physiotherapists—

            (a)         does not, in the opinion of the Board, have the necessary qualifications or experience required for registration on the register; or

            (b)         is not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide physiotherapy; or

            (c)         is not, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person to be registered on the register,

the Board may register the person on the register in pursuance of this subsection ("limited registration")—

            (d)         in order to enable the person—

                  (i)         to do whatever is necessary to become eligible for full registration under this Act; or

                  (ii)         to teach or to undertake research or study in this State; or

                  (iii)         in the case of an applicant who has obtained qualifications for the practice of physiotherapy under the law of a place outside of Australia—to practise in a part of the State or at a place that the Minister and the Board consider is in urgent need of the services of a physiotherapist; or

            (e)         if, in its opinion, it would otherwise be in the public interest to do so.

        (3)         In registering a person under subsection (2) the Board may impose 1 or more of the following conditions on the registration:

            (a)         a condition restricting the places or times at which the person may provide physiotherapy;

            (b)         a condition limiting the kind of physiotherapy that the person may provide;

            (c)         a condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;

            (d)         a condition requiring that the person be supervised in the provision of physiotherapy by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;

            (e)         such other conditions as the Board thinks fit.