Legal protection of the physiotherapist as a profession of public trust

Marcin Mikos, Mateusz Curyło, Marlena Rynkiewicz-Andryśkiewicz, Tomasz Pęcherz, Ewa Kucharska, Jan. W. Raczkowski

Marcin Mikos, Mateusz Curyło, Marlena Rynkiewicz-Andryśkiewicz, Tomasz Pęcherz, Ewa Kucharska, Jan. W. Raczkowski – Legal protection of the physiotherapist as a profession of public trust. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(3); 194-196

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56984/8ZG1411DD

Abstract
Physiotherapists are regarded as one of the medical professions of public trust. The Act on Physiotherapist Occupation establishes physiotherapists as a medical occupation of public trust. Medical professions of public trust, such as doctors, nurses, and paramedics, have special legal protection not available to physiotherapists. The Act on Physiotherapists has not defined the physiotherapist as a civil servant. It directly deprives physiotherapists of special legal protection that is assigned to civil servants.
Key words:
Physiotherapist – medical profession of public trust, legal protection of physiotherapist, civil servant, the danger of practising physiotherapy
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