The Physiotherapists Registration Board of Tasmania may grant registration to eligible Working Holiday Makers with suitable qualifications from Britain, Ireland, Canada or South Africa who hold a Working Holiday Makers Visa (visa class 417 or T18B2) and who have a qualification from a school of physiotherapy recognised by the appropriate national registration authority.

In order for you to work as a physiotherapist in Tasmania under this form of registration, you must apply to the Board for approval.  For your application to be successful all of the following conditions must be satisfied:

You (the physiotherapist) must:

• Be in Australia or intending to be in Australia as part of Department of Immigration,  Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Working Holiday Maker Program.
• Possess minimum qualifications in Physiotherapy from a University or other institution. The course content of the physiotherapy qualification should include theoretical and clinical components of cardio-respiratory, musculo-skeletal and neurological physiotherapy and of electrotherapy similar in duration to an Australian qualification.
• The language the course is taught in must be exclusively English.
• Have worked for a minimum of one (1) year as a physiotherapist.
• Identify the proposed employer at the time of application.
   

Your employer must:

• Demonstrate the capacity to supervise the applicant at a level equivalent to that required of a final year physiotherapy pre-registration student from a University whose qualifications are recognised by the Board as suitable for registration.
• Enter into an agreement with the Board that the applicant will only work in a supervised capacity.
• Provide a report to the Board, in a form required by the Board, at the conclusion of the period of employment.

Verification of qualifications
Applicants may be required to provide documentation to establish the equivalence between the qualification they possess and an Australian qualification. Assessment of qualifications will be at the applicants expense.  Details of the information required for verification can be obtained by contacting the Registrar.
Applications must be accompanied by a statement from the physiotherapist who will undertake the supervision verifying that you will be under supervision at all times by a Tasmanian registered physiotherapist.

Registration may be granted with the following requirements:

• that you work in a position supervised by a Tasmanian registered physiotherapist for a maximum of three months with any one employer (A maximum of four approvals over twelve months may be considered, in accordance with the provisions of the Visa and a separate Declaration by Supervisor must be obtained for each position to be held);
• that you hold satisfactory professional indemnity insurance cover.
  

Registration in this form in Tasmania should not be understood to mean that equivalent provisions exist in other states or territories of the Commonwealth of Australia.
 

To apply, please open, print and complete the "Application for Registration as a Physiotherapist for Working Holiday Maker's Visas" form ( .pdf document - 143 Kbs), and send to:

Physiotherapists Registration Board of Tasmania
GPO Box 792
Hobart, TAS 7001