Section 1: Establishment of the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Registration Board

There is hereby established for physiotherapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, osteopaths and speech therapists a body to be known as the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Registration Board (in this Act referred to as the "Board") which shall be charged with the duty of-(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the relevant profession and raising those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
(b) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as members of the relevant profession and the publication from time to time of lists of those persons;
(c) conducting examinations in the relevant profession and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as appropriate; and for such purpose the Board shall prescribe fees to be paid in respect thereof; and
(d) performing the other functions conferred on the Board by this Act.