The College protects Albertans and helps ensures the delivery of competent, quality care by:

• Implementing, administering and enforcing provincial healthcare legislation.
• Setting education, registration and entry to practice standards.
• Setting practice, conduct and ethical standards (which direct how physical therapy
  services are delivered/performed). Standards outline minimum practice requirements
  and guide the provision of competent, professional, quality physical therapy service.
• Registering and licensing only qualified physical therapists—only those registered and
  licensed by the College can legally use the title physical therapist.
• Administering a continuing competence program to evaluate a physical therapist’s
  continuing competence as well as their knowledge and understanding of their
  regulatory obligations.
• Maintaining register of members who meet our registration and licensing requirements.
  The register is available to patients, physical therapist employers and the general public
  via our website.
• Holding members accountable for their professional conduct and practice and
  investigating concerns regarding a physical therapist’s conduct. And where necessary,
  imposing corrective/disciplinary actions to help ensure the actions are not repeated.

While we cannot mandate or regulate perfection, we strive for and promote excellence in physical therapy practice through effective and fair regulation, leadership, accountability, accessibility, transparency and enforcement.