Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A physiotherapist
who advertises, or causes to be advertised, any material relating to the
physiotherapist’s practice of physiotherapy that —
(a) is
false, misleading or deceptive; or
(b)
creates an unjustified expectation of beneficial treatment; or
(c)
promotes the unnecessary or inappropriate use of the physiotherapist’s
services,
commits an offence.
(2) A physiotherapist
must ensure that an advertisement relating to the physiotherapist’s
practice of physiotherapy —
(a) does
not bear the name of any firm of which the physiotherapist is a member unless
the Board has authorised in writing the use of that name; or
(b) does
not use a qualification or indicate by the use of any words or initials that
the physiotherapist holds a qualification that is not recorded on the
register; or
(c) does
not use any of the following titles in relation to the physiotherapist unless
the physiotherapist is authorised in writing by the Board to do
so —
(i)
Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapist or Cardio-respiratory
Physiotherapist;
(ii)
Electrotherapy Physiotherapist;
(iii)
Gerontology Physiotherapist;
(iv)
Aquatic Physiotherapist;
(v)
Manipulative Therapist;
(vi)
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist;
(vii)
Neurological Physiotherapist;
(viii)
Orthopaedic Physiotherapist;
(ix)
Paediatric Physiotherapist;
(x)
Sports Physiotherapist;
(xi)
Women’s Health Physiotherapist.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
[Regulation 13 amended in Gazette
30 Oct 2007 p. 5882.]