The process of setting up the Order of Physiotherapists consists of several highly complex phases. The epidemiological situation in Portugal caused by the SARS -CoV -2 virus and the COVID -19 disease, as well as the time needed to create the material conditions for the effective installation and all the processes that make it up, have caused additional difficulties for the normal development of the installation process.
To this end, since the conditions for the registration of Physiotherapists and the election of the first Governing Bodies of the Order of Physiotherapists have not yet been met, the Deputy Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Sales, extended the mandate of the Installation Commission on 9 April 2021, published in Order no. 3657/2021.
The extension of the mandate takes effect on 11 December 2020, until the Order of Physiotherapists is effectively established, and the date for the elections to the Governing Bodies has also been set.
