New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS ACT 2001 - SECT 13

13 Period of limited practice

(1) Full registration or provisional registration is subject to a condition that the physiotherapist is limited to practising physiotherapy in an approved health institution until the Board is satisfied that the physiotherapist has satisfactorily completed the requisite period of practice in an approved health institution as a physiotherapist registered under this Act.

(2) In this section:
"approved health institution" means any of the following bodies or organisations:

(a) a public health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 ,

(b) any other body or organisation (whether or not in New South Wales), including a government department, approved by the Board for the purposes of this section.

"requisite period of practice" means a period of 12 months or periods amounting in the aggregate to 12 months.

(3) The Board may exempt a person or class of persons from the operation of this section or may shorten the requisite period of practice in respect of a person or class of persons.

(4) The Board is not considered to be satisfied that a physiotherapist has satisfactorily completed the requisite period of practice as a physiotherapist in an approved health institution unless the Board has certified in writing that it is so satisfied.

(5) The Board may at any time revoke an approval referred to in subsection (2) (b).