Hong Kong Regulations

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION - SECT 5

Entry in various parts of the register

(1) For the purposes of section 13(4) of the Ordinance, the Secretary shall
enter the name of a physiotherapist-

   (a)  who-

        (i)    holds a qualification referred to in section 4; and

        (ii)   has recognized experience of not less than 1 year acquired
               after the physiotherapist acquired such qualification, in Part
               Ia of the register;

   (b)  who holds a qualification referred to in section 4 but does not have
        the recognized experience referred to in paragraph (a)(ii), in Part Ib
        of the register;

   (c)  who is qualified to be registered under section 12(1)(b) or (c) of the
        Ordinance, in Part Ia or Ib of the register as the Council may
        determine under section 12(1A) of the Ordinance; and

   (d)  to whom a certificate of provisional registration has been issued
        under section 15 of the Ordinance, in Part II of the register.

(2) In subsection (1)(a)(ii), "recognized experience" (認可經驗), in
relation to a physiotherapist, means experience in the practice of
physiotherapy acquired by him other than in the course of practising
physiotherapy-

   (a)  as a sole proprietor; or

   (b)  in any other capacity at a profit-seeking establishment at which no
        other physiotherapist who has experience of not less than 1 year in
        the practice of physiotherapy practises physiotherapy. (Enacted 1996)

(2) In subsection (1)(a)(ii), "recognized experience" (認可經驗), in
relation to a physiotherapist, means experience in the practice of
physiotherapy acquired by him other than in the course of practising
physiotherapy-

   (a)  as a sole proprietor; or

   (b)  in any other capacity at a profit-seeking establishment at which no
        other physiotherapist who has experience of not less than 1 year in
        the practice of physiotherapy practises physiotherapy.