Page 11 - Physio Board of New Zealand Annual Report 2015

Roles and Functions

The Board has a number of functions defined by section 118 of the Act in order to achieve
the principle purpose

• to prescribe the qualifications required for scopes of practice within the profession, and
accredit and monitor educational institutions and programmes;

• to authorise the registration of physiotherapists and maintain a register;

• to consider applications for annual practising certificates;

• to review and promote the competence of physiotherapists;

• to recognise, accredit, and set programmes to ensure the ongoing competence of
physiotherapists;

• to receive and act on information from health practitioners, employers and the Health
and Disability Commissioner regarding the competence of physiotherapists;

• to notify employers, Accident Compensation Corporation, the Director-General
of Health, and the Health and Disability Commissioner when the practice of a
physiotherapist may pose a risk of harm to the public;

• to consider cases of health practitioners who may be unable to perform the functions
required for the practice of physiotherapy;

• to set standards of clinical competence, cultural competence and ethical conduct to be
observed by the profession;

• to liaise with other authorities appointed under the HPCA Act about matters of common
interest;

• to promote education and training in the profession;

• to promote public awareness of the responsibilities of the authority; and

• to exercise and perform any other functions, powers, and duties that are conferred or
imposed on it by or under this Act or any other enactment.

“Physiotherapists actively
making a difference”

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