New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS ACT 2001 - SECT 21

21 Annual return to be submitted

(1) A registered physiotherapist must, on or before the return date in each year, furnish in writing to the Board in a form approved by the Board a return for the return period specifying the following information:

(a) details of any conviction of the physiotherapist for an offence in this State or elsewhere during the return period (together with details of any penalty imposed for the offence),

(b) details of the making of a sex/violence criminal finding against the physiotherapist for an offence, in this State or elsewhere, during the return period (together with details of any penalty imposed for the offence),

(c) details of the making of a criminal finding against the physiotherapist for an offence committed in the course of the practice or purported practice of physiotherapy, in this State or elsewhere, during the return period (together with details of any penalty imposed for the offence),

(d) details of any criminal proceedings pending against the physiotherapist at the end of the return period, in this State or elsewhere, for a sex/violence offence alleged to have been committed in the course of the practice or purported practice of physiotherapy,

(e) details of any criminal proceedings pending against the physiotherapist at the end of the return period, in this State or elsewhere, for a sex/violence offence alleged to have been committed against a minor or to involve child pornography (whether or not alleged to have been committed in the course of the practice or purported practice of physiotherapy),

(f) details of any significant illness (physical or mental) from which the physiotherapist suffered at any time during the return period and that may reasonably be thought likely to detrimentally affect the physiotherapist’s physical or mental capacity to practise physiotherapy,

(g) details of any suspension of, cancellation of, or imposition of conditions on, the registration of the physiotherapist as a physiotherapist in another jurisdiction (either within Australia or elsewhere) during the return period,

(h) details of any suspension of, cancellation of, or imposition of conditions on, any registration of the physiotherapist under a health registration Act during the return period,

(i) a statement as to whether the physiotherapist is registered under a health registration Act as at the date of the return,

(j) a statement as to whether the physiotherapist has been refused registration as a physiotherapist in another jurisdiction (either within Australia or elsewhere) during the return period,

(k) details of any continuing professional education undertaken by the physiotherapist during the return period,

(l) such other information as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The Board may require a return under this section to be verified by statutory declaration.

(3) The regulations may provide that subsection (1) (a) does not apply in respect of particular offences.

(4) In this section:
"return date" means a date notified to physiotherapists by the Board in writing at least 1 month in advance.
"return period" means the period of 12 months ending 2 months before the return date.