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Hedi, I think I kept a hard copy somewhere if no-one else can find it electronically. What does the Austrian "accreditation" process involve? Is this the same as legislated registration to practice? The Australian Physiotherapy Association used the Pennsylvania case here in Victoria, Australia, to argue (successfully) during a recent review of legislation governing the registration of physiotherapists in this state, that the titles "Physiotherapist" and "Physical Therapist" should both be restricted to use only by physiotherapists. We also found the WCPT statement on the use of the term "physical therapist" useful in our lobbying. This doesn't mean that other practitioners are prohibited from saying they DO "physical therapy", but they cannot call themselves physical therapists, or "induce a belief" that they are registered under the Physiotherapists' Act. Megan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Megan Davidson ! School of Physiotherapy ! La Trobe University ! Bundoora 3083 ! Victoria ! Australia ! phone: 61 3 9479 5766 ! fax: 61 3 9479 5768 ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%