Section 43 of the Physiotherapy Practice Act 2005 imposes an obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of a physiotherapist or physiotherapy student.

Section 62 also requires a registered person to give written notice to the Board immediately that they become aware that he or she is or may be medically unfit to provide physiotherapy.

A registered person means a person who is registered on a register kept under the Physiotherapy Practice Act 2005.

Written notice should be sent to:-

The Registrar
The Physiotherapy Board of South Australia
Level 1
67 Greenhill Road
WAYVILLE SA 5034

Section 43 of the Act provides as follows:-

1. If -
   1. a health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is a physiotherapist or physiotherapy student; or
   2. a person who provides physiotherapy through the instrumentality of a physiotherapist or physiotherapy student; or
   3. the person in charge of an educational institution at which a physiotherapy student is enrolled in a course of study providing qualifications for registration on the register of physiotherapists,
      
      is of the opinion that the physiotherapist or physiotherapy student is or may be medically unfit to provide physiotherapy, the person must submit a written report to the Board setting out his or her reasons for that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
      
      Maximum penalty: $10000.
      
      
2. If a physiotherapy services provider or exempt provider is of the opinion that a physiotherapist or physiotherapy student through whom the provider provides physiotherapy has engaged in unprofessional conduct, the provider must submit a written report to the Board setting out the provider's reasons for that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
   
   Maximum penalty: $10000.
   
3. The Board must cause a report made under this section to be investigated.
4. In this section - health professional means -
   1. a medical practitioner; or
   2. a psychologist; or
   3. any other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation within the ambit of this definition."

Section 62 of the Act provides as follows:-

"If a registered person becomes aware that he or she is or may be medically unfit to provide physiotherapy, the registered person must immediately give written notice of that fact to the Board.
Maximum penalty: $10000."