Physiotherapy Amendment Act 1961
Physiotherapy Amendment Act 1961
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Physiotherapy Amendment Act 1961
Physiotherapy Amendment Act 1961
Public Act |
1961 No 93 |
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Date of assent |
1 December 1961 |
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An Act to amend the Physiotherapy Act 1949
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Physiotherapy Amendment Act 1961, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Physiotherapy Act 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Definition of “physiotherapy”
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “physiotherapy”
in subsection (1), and substituting the following definition:
“‘Physiotherapy’ means—
“(a)
The use by instruction or application to the human body of remedial exercises; or
“(b)
The use by external application to the human body of massage, being the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, passive movements, electricity, heat, light, water, or other physical agents; or
“(c)
The use of any other method of treatment for the time being declared by the Governor-General in Council to be an approved method of performing physiotherapy—
for the purpose of curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the body, or of alleviating any obstetrical condition, or of promoting health and well-being during pregnancy or the puerperium; but does not include the internal use of any drug or medicine or the application of any medical or surgical appliance except so far as the application of that appliance is necessary in the use of massage, passive movements, remedial exercises, or any such physical agent or other approved method as aforesaid:”.
This Act is administered in the Department of Health.
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