ANNO DUODECIMO
ELIZABETHAE 11 REGINAE
A.D.
1963****************************************************.
No. 44 of 1963
An Act to amend the Physiotherapists Act, 1945·1955.
[Assented to 28th November, 1963.]
BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as follows:
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1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Physiotherapists Act Short titles.
Amendment Act, 1963".
(2) The Physiotherapists Act, 1945-1955, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the "Physiotherapists Act, 1945-1963".
(3) The Physiotherapists Act, 1945-1955, is hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".
2. This Act is incorporated with the principal Act and that Incorporation.
Act and this Act shall be read as one Act.
3. Subsection (2) of section 6 of the principal Act is amended t:r:c~g:tel~t.of
by inserting at the end thereof the following proviso :_ s. 6.
Provided that any application of massage or physiotherapy referred to in paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of this section does not take place or continue for a longer period than three months after the conclusion of the playing or training, or the occasion of the injury received in the course of such playing or training, as the case
may
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::::=~~~f 4. Section 39 of the principal Act is amended-
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(a) by striking out paragraph (a) thereof;
(b) by striking out sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (0) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following sub-paragraph:--
(ii) he holds a Diploma of the Australian Physio- therapy Association (South Australian Branch) Incorporated which was issued before the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
~~~~m~~ of . 5. The following sections are inserted in the principal Act
~~~al Act- after section 39 thereof :--
Registration of persons holding other thanpre- scribed quallft- eatloDB.
Temporary registration.
39a. (1) Upon application for registration by a person who-
(a) is not a person entitled to be registered under section 39 of this Act; and
(b) is or has been qualified to carry on the practice of physiotherapy outside Australia and whose qualification has not been withdrawn or cancelled,
the board may examine him and if it thinks necessary require him to submit further evidence of his qualifications and undergo any appropriate examination or examinations conducted arranged or approved by the board (whether for applicants generally or any class of applicants or any individual applicant).
(2) If the board is satisfied-
(a) that the applicant is competent to practise physiotherapy in the State;
(b) that he is of good character; and
(c) that he has an adequate understanding and command of the English language,
the board may register him as a physiotherapist.
39b. (1) Where the board is satisfied on production of a certificate from the Registrar of the University of Adelaide that a person has passed the examinations and fulfilled the conditions prescribed by that University for qualifying him to become the holder of the Diploma of Physiotherapy but has not in fact received that Diploma, the board may, upon payment of a fee of two guineas, temporarily register that person as a physiotherapist.
Physiotherapists Act Amendment Act, 1963.
No. 44.
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... _ - - - - (2) A temporary registration granted under this section shall, unless extended, remain in operation until the expiration of one month after the next meeting of the council and senate of the University of Adelaide held for the purpose of conferring diplomas of physiotherapy, or until the person temporarily registered becomes registered under this Act, whichever first occurs.(3) The board may if it considers that just cause exists for doing so extend the operation of any such temporary registration for such period as it thinks fit.
(4) The provisions of this At!t applying to registered physiotherapists shall apply to any person during the temporary registration of that person.
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6. The following heading and section are inserted in the Enactment of
principal Act after section 47 thereof and before the heading E~7~~ Act.
"Regulations" : -
Miscellaneous.
47a. A registered physiotherapist shall not in the course Physlo:- of his practice as a physiotherapist, administer, sell or ~~E~ts
1 t Ob £ f h' t' t d adminISter.
SUpp y 0, or preSCrl e lor, any 0 IS pa 1en s any rug ete .. drugs.
for the treatment of a disease or ailment of the human body.
Penalty: Twenty-five pounds.
In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.
EDRIC BASTYAN, Governor.
