Proposed Practice Standards:

Listed below are proposed Practice Standards to be approved by the College. As a member of the College you are invited to make representation (preferably electronic i.e email, MS Word etc.) concerning any aspect of the proposed Practice Standard. Submissions are to be sent to:  office@nsphysio  or NSCP Standards Committee, 15 Brookdale Cres., Dartmouth, NS  B3A 2R3  PRIOR to the submission deadline.

There are currently no new Standards to reviewed by the membership.

Policies:

Acupuncture and Intramuscular Stimulation 2009

Board and Committee Member Allowable Expenses 2006

Ethics and Conflict of Interest for NSCP Decision Makers

Foreign Trained Registration Process 1999

Informed Consent 2002

Interim Registration New Graduates 2006

Malpractice Insurance 2000

NSCP Record and Document Retention 2004

Unauthorized Practice 1999

Use of Phonophoresis / Iontophoresis 1997

Position Statements:

Animal Therapy 2011

Billing Practices 2006

Remuneration for Physicians for Non-Insured Services 2009

Use of PT Title 2003

Workplace Obligations for Physiotherapists 2006

Practice Guidelines and Guidelines:

Acupuncture and Intramuscular Stimulation 2009

Administrative Fee for Retrieval and Photocopying of Charts 2004

Advertising 2003

Electronic Health Information 2004

Medical Legal 1999

Personal Directives Act  2010

Sponsorship 2004

Telepractice Guide (Alliance) Adopted by the NSCP Board 2006

Practice Standards:

Alternative and Complimentary Treatment Approaches 2009

Pelvic Floor Practice Standard 2011

Practice Standards for Physiotherapists 2008

Spinal Manipulation 2009

Supervision and Task Assignment 2011

Code of Ethics:

Code of Ethics

Essential Competency for Physiotherapists in Canada:

Essential Competency Profile 2009 Quick Reference

Essentail Competency Profile 2009

Official Marks:

Official marks are words that have been registered by the Alliance with the CIPO. Physiotherapists should be aware of the following: