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Performing Controlled Acts

Please read the Standard for Professional Practice : Performing Controlled Acts and its accompanying Guide before you work through this E-Learning Module.

Key Purpose of Controlled Acts

The intent of identifying the list of activities, defined as Controlled Acts within the Regulated Health Professions Act, is to protect the public. The performance of these procedures is restricted to regulated health professionals who are qualified and authorized to perform them. The purpose of this E-Learning Module is to help physiotherapists understand the complex concepts involved in the performance of controlled acts.

Learning Objectives

  • To describe the legislative requirements for the performance of controlled acts
  • To enhance understanding of authorizing mechanisms
  • To enhance the understanding of physiotherapists’ responsibilities when performing controlled acts through an interactive educational module
  • To facilitate application of the Standard for Professional Practice, Performing Controlled Acts into clinical practice

Video Chapters

Interactive Quiz
Chapter 1: General Principles
Chapter 2: Performance Expectations
Chapter 3: Authorization Mechanisms (Delegation, Exemptions and Exceptions)

Static PDF Versions

Interactive Quiz
Chapter 1: General Principles
Chapter 2: Performance Expectations
Chapter 3: Authorization Mechanisms (Delegation, Exemptions and Exceptions)

References & Resources

Registrant’s Guide
Standard for Professional Practice: Performing Controlled Acts
Guide to the Standard for Professional Practice: Performing Controlled Acts
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 web site
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