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B.C. Reg. 288/2008 M248/2008 | Deposited October 15, 2008 effective October 17, 2008 |
[Last amended June 28, 2024 by B.C. Reg. 32/2024]
1 In this regulation:
"Act" means the Health Professions Act;
"physical therapy" means the treatment of the human body by physical or mechanical means, by manipulation, massage, exercise, the application of bandages, hydrotherapy and medical electricity, for the therapeutic purpose of maintaining or restoring function that has been impaired by injury or disease.
2 The name of the college responsible for carrying out the objects of the Act in respect of physical therapy is "College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia".
[en. B.C. Reg. 32/2024, Sch. 5, s. 1.]
3 The following titles are reserved for exclusive use by registrants:
(b) registered physical therapist;
4.1 The college is authorized to establish, under section 19 (1) (i) of the Act, a class of
(a) restricted registrants for the purposes of section 20 (4.2) of the Act, and
(b) provisional registrants for the purposes of section 20 (4.3) of the Act.
[en. B.C. Reg. 32/2024, Sch. 5, s. 2.]
5 (1) No person other than a registrant may practise physical therapy.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person employed by and on the premises of a hospital which has been designated by the minister and who is acting under the direction of a medical practitioner.
6 No registrant may prescribe or administer drugs or anaesthetics, or treat a recent fracture of a bone, except under the direction of a medical practitioner.
7 The college is designated for the purposes of section 16 (2) (f) of the Act.
[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, s. 12 (2).]
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