Katarzyna Wierdak,  Marek Kiljański

K. Wierdak,  M. Kiljański. “Long march” to a bill defining the profession of physiotherapist as an individual occupation. FP 2015;15(4);108-115

Abstract
The aim of the article is to present the history of the stages of development and implementation of the bill on the Profession of Physiotherapist. Since 1998 and the first attempts to regulate the profession of physiotherapist standards, through 2004, when the occupation was placed on the 223,903 position on the list of professions and specialties, to the most important event – signing the Project Bill of Physiotherapist by President of Poland Andrzej Duda on 26th October 2015. For the representatives of the Polish Society of Physiotherapy, working on the bill and effective processing meant hours spent with experts from various industries; long struggle with the medical lobby and the Supreme Council of Physicians who were against finalizing the legislative procedure; meetings in the Ministry of Health and Social Policy; talks with parliamentarians; The Polish Ombudsman; public consultation and publicizing the issue in the media. And the last step, which was to activate the physiotherapists’ environment, which lead to successful voting in the Parliament on the bill issued by Polskie Stronnctwo Ludowe one of the Polish political parties.
Conclusions. Thanks to the persistent and determined position of the Polish Society of Physiotherapy after more than 20 years since the first signs of the need, the physiotherapist occupation was pronounced an independent medical profession. Such issues as training, duties of the governing association and professional responsibility were established to prevent from performing the job by unqualified people. Everything was done for the sake and safety of Polish patients.
Scientific method. Enquiry of records devoted to physiotherapy and health safety including a bill defining the profession of physiotherapist from parliamentary sessions, media programs and articles plus publications in trade press

Key words:
profession of physiotherapist

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