Chhattisgarh Council for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Act, 2015
No: 4 Dated: Jan, 15 2016
THE CHHATTISGARH COUNCIL FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ACT, 2015
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Chhattisgarh Council for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy for the purpose ofcoordination and determination of standards of education and of practice in the field of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, for the maintenance of a register of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in the State, and formatters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty-sixth Year ofthe Republic of India, as follows :-
CHAPTER-I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Council for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Act, 2015.
(2) lt extends to the whole State ofChhattisgarh.
(3) lt shall come into force on such date as the Covemmentmay, by notification in the the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed dififerent provisions olthis Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Council" means the Chhattisgarh Council for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy constituted under Section 3;
(b) "Govemment" means the Government olChhattisgarh;
(c) "lnstitution" means any institution recognised by the State Govemment or the Council, within or outside India, which grants Graduation Degree, Post Graduation DegreeorPh.D. in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy, as the case may be;
(d) "Occupational Therapist" means a person who possess recognised Occupational Therapy qualification and whose name has been enrolled or deemed to have been enrolled in the Register of Occupational Therapists;
(e) "Occupational Therapy" means a branch of health care system, which involves application of purposeful goal oriented activity through latest technology with computerised system and the like treatment of a person whose function is impaired due to acute and chronic physical illnesses or injury psychological dysfunction, congenital or developmental disability or ageing process in order to achieve optimum functioning, to prevent disability and to maintain health;
(f) "Physiotherapist" means a person who possesses recognised Physiotherapy qualification and whose name has been enrolled or deemed to have been enrolled in the Register or Physiorherapisrs:
(g) "Physiotherapy" means a branch ofmodem medical science which includes examination, assessment, interpretation, physical test, planning and execution of Physiotherapy treatment and to adyice, instructions to any person preparatory to or forthe purpose ofor in connection with preventing, correcting, alleviating and limiting dysfunction, acute and chronic bodily malfunction including life saving measures via chest physiotherapy in the intensive care units, curing physical disorders or disability promoting physical fitness, facilitating healing and pain reliefand treatment ofphysical and psychosomatic disorders through modulating physiological and physical responses using physical agents, activities and devices including exercises, mobilization, manipulation, therapeutic ultrasound, electrical, thermal agents and eiectrotherapy and to facilitate similar other techniques for physiotherapy treatment and prevention;
(h) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) "President" means the President ofthe Council;
(j) "Profession" means the Profession of Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy, as the case may be;