The Order has informed employers that all physiotherapists must be registered with the Order

Inscrições Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas

The Order of Physiotherapists (Ordem dos Fisioterapeutas) began, on 13 May 2021 the process of registration of physiotherapists exercising their profession in Portugal, based on the regulations contained in the DRE, 2ª, E, of 23 April.

To begin this activity, it fought for the signing of an agreement for the transfer of legally recognised attributions with the Central Administration of the Health System, IP (ACSS, IP).

This agreement, fought for the fulfilment of the respective privacy policies, framed by the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD), both in terms of the European Regulation and in terms of the national legal system.

In these terms, all data in the possession of the ACSS,IP, with regards to the scope of the transfer, are now kept and used by the Order, in strict compliance with the established and in view of the immediate objective of the registration procedure and the fight against illegal physiotherapy.

In this sense, we recall that the attribution of the professional title, its use and the exercise of the profession of physiotherapist, in any sector of activity, individually or in a professional society, depend on registration in the Order as an effective member.

In other words, the illegal use of the professional title or the exercise of the profession without a title are punishable under criminal law.

This responsibility, in statutory terms, is of a joint and several nature, when applicable, as no one can contract or use the services of physiotherapy professionals who are not registered with the Order.

The infraction of the provisions constitutes an administrative offence, punishable by a fine of between 3 and 10 times the value of the social support index (IAS), to be applied by the Minister of Health, upon proposal by the Health Association, which is responsible for preparing the process.

In this sense, and even with recourse to the data contained in the public part of the institutions that have regulated the activity and the profession up to now, the Installation Commission has proceeded to notify employing entities and/or direct providers of physiotherapy, in order to better proceed with the registration process underway, as well as to fight for the strict observance of the law, in the aforementioned essentials, combating illicit physiotherapy, in the scope of the powers that have been devolved to physiotherapists as an organised civil society with the creation of the Order.

The Installing Committee

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Pedro Maciel Barbosa

Specialist physiotherapist at the Matosinhos Local Health Unit Sub-coordinator for Primary Health Care, Matosinhos Local Health Unit Visiting Assistant Professor at the Porto School of Health Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Health - SNS Member of the General Council of the Order of Physiotherapists

Carlos Sand

Carlos Areia has been a physiotherapist since 2013, and has worked in various hospitals, clinics and clubs in both Portugal and the UK. He began his academic career at Oxford University in 2016, where he led a clinical trial comparing physiotherapy vs surgery in anterior cruciate injuries in 32 hospitals in England. In 2018 she moved to the neurosciences department, where she developed her own studies on remote monitoring of vital signs, which were implemented during the pandemic. Here he discovered his passion for data, and in 2022, he joined Digital Science as a Data Scientist. He completed his PhD earlier this year, and has more than 60 publications in journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Cochrane, among others. He is also an honorary lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and a consultant in clinical research.

Eduardo José Brazete Carvalho Cruz

PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton, UK. Post-Doctorate in Epidemiology from the National School of Public Health at the New University of Lisbon.
Coordinator of the Studies and Planning Office of the Order of Physiotherapists. Coordinating Professor of the Physiotherapy Department of the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESS-IPS). President of the ESS-IPS Technical-Scientific Council. Coordinator of the Physiotherapy Department at ESS-IPS. Integrated Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) (a partnership between FCM-UNL, the National School of Public Health, the University of Évora, the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Santo Espírito Hospital, Terceira Island, Azores).

Sara Souto Miranda

Sara Souto Miranda has a bachelor's and master's degree in physiotherapy from the University of Aveiro, and a postgraduate qualification in adult respiratory physiotherapy from the same institution. In 2023 she completed her double doctorate in Rehabilitation Sciences/Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at the Universities of Aveiro and Maastricht (Netherlands) and is currently working as a technical-scientific advisor to the Studies and Planning Office (GEP) of the Order of Physiotherapists, and as a guest lecturer at the Piaget Institute in Vila Nova de Gaia. As a member of the Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory at the University of Aveiro (Lab3R), she has carried out applied research in which she has assessed and treated patients with respiratory pathology, having taken part in 6 research projects. Throughout her career she has published 19 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals with an impact factor, 1 book chapter and more than 50 abstracts in conference proceedings. She was a research volunteer at the Ciro rehabilitation centre (Centre for expertise in chronic organ failure) in the Netherlands, and is currently a member of the Guideline Methodology Network of European Respiratory Society. She was honoured by European Lung Foundation e European Respiratory Society for carrying out patient-centred research, by the Directorate General for Higher Education with a merit grant for his master's degree, and by the Ciro Centre with a grant to support research abroad.

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