A total of 28 registration letters were handed over to Physiotherapists by the Jharkhand State Council for Physiotherapy on Tuesday. The Jharkhand State Council for Physiotherapy has been formed by the notification number 111(10) dated 04-05-2022 of the Health, Medical, Education and Family Welfare Department in the state. The Council's office is located in Bariatu near the RIMS Community Center located in the RIMS Doctors Colony. The Council has the facility of both on-line and off-line registration.
The complete process of application to the council and the check list for registration of colleges is also available on the Council's website www.jscpt.in. Applicants can get complete information related to registration on this website. Apart from this, complete information can also be obtained from the Council's office during office hours (except holidays) from Monday to Friday.
In the applications received so far, a total of 28 physiotherapists were given registration certificates after verification of the original certificates of the applicants. There is also a provision for registration of all physiotherapy institutes in the state by the council. Under which all physiotherapy colleges are required to register with Jharkhand State Physiotherapy (Physiotherapy) Council every year. With the formation of the Physiotherapy Council in the state, the people will get proper physiotherapy treatment, as well as in the field of education, the quality of physiotherapy education will also improve so that the students of the state will not have to go out of the state.
The chairman of the council is Dr. Rajeev Ranjan, the vice-chairman is Dr. Abhay Kumar Pandey and the registrar cum secretary is Dr. Ajit Kumar. The Jharkhand State Council of Physiotherapy will advise the government for all kinds of decisions related to physiotherapy treatment in the state, besides registration of physiotherapy doctors and physiotherapy colleges in the state. Apart from this, it will determine the proper parameters and standards for practicing this medicine. Now in the state of Jharkhand, all physiotherapists are required to be registered with the council to practice or teach physiotherapy in any hospitals, clinics and physiotherapy colleges.
Registrar cum Member Secretary Dr. Ajit Kumar said that now registration with the council will be mandatory to practice physiotherapy across the state. Along with this, various physiotherapy colleges will have to follow the norms of the Council along with registration. For this, soon a campaign will be conducted to check registration certificate from the council for physiotherapists working in government and private hospitals across the state. Whoever does not have a registration and is found practicing, there is a provision for imprisonment and fine or both under the Council.
Vice President Dr. Abhay Kumar Pandey said that with the formation of the council, bogus physiotherapists and bogus institutes would be curbed in the state and 3.25 crore people of the state would be able to get the benefit of proper physiotherapy treatment. On this occasion, Chairman Dr. Rajeev Ranjan wished all the Physiotherapists registered with the council for their bright future and shared his experience to serve the patients properly.