Board | te Poari Professional Advisor Kathryn Hutchinson introduces the Physiotherapy Standards (the Standards) and highlights some of their key points.

Context

The Physiotherapy Standards describe in detail the expected minimum clinical and cultural
standards for specific issues identified as relevant to physiotherapy. These standards have
been developed through discussion with the public and profession. In conjunction with the
Code and the Practice Thresholds they describe what the public and the profession expect of
a competent physiotherapist.

A breach of the Standards is a breach of the law.

The Standards are secondary legislation made by the Physiotherapy Board under section 118(i)
of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

The Standards

1. Adverse event reporting standard
2. Advertising standard
3. Board ordered supervision standard
4. Cervical manipulation standard
5. Cultural competence standard
6. Giving advice about medication standard
7. He kawa whakaruruhau ā matatau Māori: Māori cultural safety and competence standard
8. Informed consent standard
9. Internet and electronic communication standard
10. Involvement of an additional person during a consultation standard
11. Non-treating physiotherapists performing assessments of patients for third parties standard
12. Physiotherapists administering prescription medicines standard
13. Physiotherapists practising in a defined field standard
14. Physiotherapy health records standard
15. Professional boundaries standard
16. Serious event standard
17. Telehealth standard
18. Treatment of whānau, family members and others close to you standard
19. Use of physiotherapy titles standard