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






