Policy statement: Private practice

Scope of practice: The full spectrum of roles, functions, responsibilities, activities and decision-making capacity that individuals within the profession are educated, competent and authorised to perform. WCPT describes the parameters of a physiotherapist’s scope of practice in its description of physiotherapy.

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Guidelines (World Physiotherapy): Produced to assist member organisations and others to raise the quality of physical therapy. They may provide guidance on standards, criteria or courses of action in areas relevant to physical therapy education, research, practice or policy. They are not mandatory but designed to assist the implementation of World Physiotherapy’s policies. Guidelines are resources to assist with the implementation of policy and do not require a vote to be taken at a World Physiotherapy General Meeting.

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