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Authorized Activities

Please read the Standard for Professional Practice: Performance of Authorized Activities before you work through this E-Learning Module.

Learning Objectives

• To describe the legislative requirements for the performance of authorized activities
• To enhance understanding of authorizing mechanisms
• To enhance the understanding of physiotherapists’/physical therapists responsibilities when performing authorized activities through an interactive educational module
• To facilitate application of the Standard for Professional Practice: Performance of Authorized Activities s into clinical practice

Online Chapters

Chapter 1: A Review of the Activities and Authority Mechanisms
Chapter 2: Indirect Authority Mechanisms, Delegation, Exemptions and Exceptions
Chapter 3: Performance Expectations
Chapter 4: Test Your Knowledge

Podcasts

Please note: Podcasts - Chapters 1, 2 and 3 are available in a single mp3 file

Chapter 1: A Review of the Activities and Authority Mechanisms
Chapter 2: Indirect Authority Mechanisms, Delegation, Exemptions and Exceptions
Chapter 3: Performance Expectations
Chapter 4: Test Your Knowledge

Static PDF Versions

Chapter 1: A Review of the Activities and Authority Mechanisms
Chapter 2: Indirect Authority Mechanisms, Delegation, Exemptions and Exceptions
Chapter 3: Performance Expectations

References & Resources

Registrants’ Guide
Standard for Professional Practice: Performance of Authorized Activities
Standard for Professional Practice: Record Keeping
Guide to the Standard for Professional Practice: Record Keeping
Standard for Professional Practice: Clinical Education
Briefing Note to the Health Care Consent Act
Practice Scenarios

External References

Legislation, Government of Ontario e-laws website
Regulated Health Professions Act
Ontario Regulation 107/96 (Controlled Acts)
Physiotherapy Act
Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario: A Guide to Medical Directives and Delegation