Court asked government to specify qualifications for physiotherapists.
Thiruvananthapuram :-
In a recent move the state human rights commission of Kerala has asked the state government to specify the required qualifications required for practising physiotherapists and to make registration mandatory for them in the state. Human rights Commission chairman Justice J B Koshi, while issuing an order on a petition filed by the Kerala Association for Physiotherapists (KAP) Co-ordination president Sony Paul, also asked the government to set up a regulatory council to monitor the services offered by physiotherapists.
An order in this regard has been sent to the chief secretary and the health secretary of the state for further action.
Complaint had pointed out that physiotherapists in the state do not have a regulatory authority like the Medical Council or the Dental Council in the state. The complaint also said that as per the UGC norms the basic qualification for physiotherapists is a five-year degree course instead of that in Kerala, they follow no such norms. In states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi, they have a regulatory council for physiotherapists, the complaint pointed out and asked for the same in Kerala also.
Thiruvananthapuram :-
In a recent move the state human rights commission of Kerala has asked the state government to specify the required qualifications required for practising physiotherapists and to make registration mandatory for them in the state. Human rights Commission chairman Justice J B Koshi, while issuing an order on a petition filed by the Kerala Association for Physiotherapists (KAP) Co-ordination president Sony Paul, also asked the government to set up a regulatory council to monitor the services offered by physiotherapists.
An order in this regard has been sent to the chief secretary and the health secretary of the state for further action.
Complaint had pointed out that physiotherapists in the state do not have a regulatory authority like the Medical Council or the Dental Council in the state. The complaint also said that as per the UGC norms the basic qualification for physiotherapists is a five-year degree course instead of that in Kerala, they follow no such norms. In states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi, they have a regulatory council for physiotherapists, the complaint pointed out and asked for the same in Kerala also.
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