The Health Care Section of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India, released PHYSIOTHERAPY HANDBOOK 2023, which includes the CURRICULUM & RULES AND REGULATIONS for physiotherapy professionals under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act 2021
Source: https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/PHYSIOTHERAPY%20HANDBOOK%202023-2.pdf
Physiotherapist Recruitment Rules 2024
Note: Pay scales for Clinical, research and academic designations will be same at each NSQF level.
E.g 1. "The pay scale for Physiotherapist (Clinical), Tutor/Demonstrator (Academic), and Scientist B (Research) at NSQF level 6 will be the same, which means the Level in Pay Matrix** is 10."
E.g 2. "The pay scale for Senior Physiotherapist (Clinical), Assistant Professor (Academic), and Scientist C (Research) at NSQF level 7 will be the same, which means the Level in Pay Matrix is 11."
*** Ph. D. under any specialty/ discipline in Physiotherapy recognized by U.G.C.
A minimum of 55 % marks in MPT examinations is required for taking Academic Designation as per UGC Norms or research designation as per ICMR Norm. A relaxation of 5% may be provided at the graduate and master’s level for the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Differently-abled (Physically and visually differently-abled) categories for the purpose of eligibility and for assessing good academic record during direct recruitment to teaching positions. The eligibility marks of 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible, based on only the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedures.
