State Act

THE JHARKHAND STATE COUNCIL FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY ACT, 2020

16. Powers, duties and functions of the Council:- Subjects to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Council shall be – (a) to determine and co-ordinate the standards of physiotherapy education at all levels; (b) to recommend to the Government, the grant of permission to open new institutions or to open new courses of study or, training, under section 17; (c) to maintain the registers, and to provide for the registration of physiotherapists in the State; (d) to prescribe a code of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of practitioners in physiotherapy; (e) to advise the Government in matters relating to the requirement of manpower in the field of physiotherapy; (f) to hear and decide appeals from any decision of the Registrar; (g) to reprimand a practitioner, or to suspend or to remove him from the register, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary or expedient; and (h) to hold elections before the expiry of the term of office of the members of the Council or in any case within a period of six months after the date of expiry of such term; (i) to exercise such power, perform such other duties and discharge such other functions, as are laid down in this Act, or as may be prescribed.