Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 5

5 .         Prescribed qualifications for registration under section 27(2)(f)

        (1)         For the purposes of the Act section 27(2)(f), the —

            (a)         Certificate of Physiotherapy issued by the Board; and

            (b)         the Final Certificate issued by the Australian Examining Council for Overseas Physiotherapists or the Australian Physiotherapy Council,

                are qualifications prescribed as a qualification for registration as a physiotherapist.

        (2)         For the purposes of the Act section 27(2)(f), the qualifications specified in column 1 of the Table to this subregulation opposite the institution specified in column 2 of that Table are prescribed as a qualification for registration as a physiotherapist.

Table

Column 1 Qualification	Column 2 Institution
Western Australia
Diploma of the Physiotherapists Registration Board of Western Australia	Physiotherapists Registration Board of Western Australia
Associateship or Degree of Physiotherapy	Curtin University of Technology or the Western Australian Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy)	Curtin University of Technology
Master of Physiotherapy (graduate entry)	Curtin University of Technology
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	The University of Notre Dame Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Master of Physiotherapy (graduate entry) (conferred during 2006)	University of Canberra
Master of Physiotherapy (conferred during or after 2008)	University of Canberra
New South Wales
Diploma in Physiotherapy (conferred before 1974)	New South Wales College of Paramedical Studies
Diploma in Physiotherapy (conferred during or after 1974)	New South Wales College of Paramedical Studies
Diploma in Physiotherapy	Cumberland College of Health Sciences, New South Wales
Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy	Cumberland College of Health Sciences, New South Wales
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)	Cumberland College of Health Sciences, New South Wales
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	Charles Sturt University
Master of Physiotherapy (conferred after 17 December 2003)	University of Sydney
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)	University of Sydney
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (conferred during 2006)	University of Newcastle
Queensland
Diploma or Degree of Physiotherapy	University of Queensland
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	University of Queensland
Bachelor of Physiotherapy combined with Bachelor of Exercise Science (conferred after 30 November 2003)	Griffith University
Master of Physiotherapy (graduate entry)	Griffith University
Master of Physiotherapy Studies (conferred after 30 November 2003)	University of Queensland
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (conferred during or after 2008)	James Cook University
South Australia
Diploma of Physiotherapy	University of Adelaide
Diploma or Degree of Physiotherapy	South Australian Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	University of South Australia
Master of Physiotherapy	University of South Australia
Victoria
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	La Trobe University
Bachelor of Physiotherapy	University of Melbourne
Diploma in Physiotherapy	Lincoln Institute
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (conferred during or after 2008)	Monash University
New Zealand
Diploma in Physiotherapy (conferred between 1946 and 1977) and, for those on whom the diploma was conferred between 1950 and 1977, passed the New Zealand State Examination in Physiotherapy conducted by the New Zealand Physiotherapy Board	New Zealand School of Physiotherapy
Diploma in Physiotherapy (Otago) (conferred between 1978 and 1992) and, for those on whom the diploma was conferred between 1978 and 1989, passed the New Zealand State Examination in Physiotherapy conducted by the New Zealand Physiotherapy Board	Otago Polytechnic
Diploma in Physiotherapy (conferred between 1973 and 1990) and, for those on whom the diploma was conferred between 1973 and 1989, passed the New Zealand State Examination in Physiotherapy conducted by the New Zealand Physiotherapy Board	Auckland Technical Institute
Diploma in Physiotherapy (conferred between 1990 and 1992)	Auckland Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (conferred during or after 1993)	University of Otago
Bachelor of Health Science (Physiotherapy) (conferred during or after 1991)	Auckland Institute of Technology
Canada
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy	Dalhousie University
Master of Science in Physiotherapy	Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy	McGill University
Master of Science in Physical Therapy	Queen’s University
Master of Science in Physical Therapy	University of Alberta
Master of Physical Therapy	University of Alberta
Master of Physical Therapy	University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation (Physical Therapy)	University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy)	University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy	University of Ottawa
Master of Health Sciences in Physiotherapy	University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy	University of Saskatchewan
Master of Physical Therapy	University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy	University of Toronto
Master of Science in Physical Therapy	University of Toronto
Master of Physical Therapy	University of Western Ontario

        (3)         In the Table to regulation 5(2) references to Canadian qualifications are references to qualifications conferred after 31 March 2000.

        (4)         For the purpose of the Act section 27(2)(f), any qualification relating to a person taken to be registered under the Act Schedule 2 clause 6(1) entered in the Register of Physiotherapists under the Physiotherapists Registration Board Rules 1952  ² rule 20 immediately before the day on which the Act comes into operation as a qualification necessary for registration is prescribed as a qualification for registration of that person.

        [Regulation 5 amended in Gazette 30 Oct 2007 p. 5882; 16 May 2008 p. 1907-8; 6 Mar 2009 p. 686-7.]