“Health care by gymnastics” is a Swiss regulated profession registered in the EU regulated professions database as follows:
“Health care by gymnastics” is a directly related regulated profession with title “Gymnastique curative” (Heilgymnastik (DE)) ( recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 15453. System of recognition and application to be checked. Qualification level: undefined (7).
Physiotherapy is a regulated profession with the title “Diplomierter Physiotherapeut FH (BSc)” “The title and the professional activity are protected by the state. The rules of professional conduct are determined directly by the state through national legislation. The physiotherapist must be state registrated and obtain a licence to practise. Switzerland has established a code of ethics for physiotherapists”(282).
Physiotherapy is registered in the EU regulated professions database as follows:
Physiotherapy is a directly related regulated profession with title “Physiothérapeute” recognized under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 10324. System of recognition and application to be checked. All regions. Qualification level: Undefined (7).
“Alternative Care” is a regulated profession in Switzerland registered in the EU regulated professions database as follows: “Alternative Care” is a directly related regulated professions with titles “Thérapie respiratoire, Eurythmie curative, Shiatsu, biorésonnance” under Directive 2005/36/EC (5), ID 15458. System of recognition and application: level to be checked. All regions (7).
5. DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22) Amended up to March 2011, (2005).
7. The European Commission. Regulated professions database. Brussels: EUROPA; 2011 [cited 2012 February 10, ]; Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?fuseaction=regProf.index.
282. Physioswiss – Schweizer Physiotherapie Verband; Swiss Association of Physiotherapy.
Physiotherapy in Switzerland. World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT); 2012 [cited 2012 March 18]; Available from: http://www.physioeurope.
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