Physical therapist associations shall be administered by the competent authorities of civil associations; their business activities shall be supervised and monitored by the competent authority.

There are physical therapist associations at municipal or county (city) levels; a national physical therapist association may be established.

The district of a physical therapist association shall correspond to the existing administrative district. Only one (1) association of the same level may be established in the same district.

A municipal or county (city) physical therapist association shall be initiated by no less than nine (9) practicing physical therapists who practice in the district where the association administers. If there are fewer than nine (9) persons in that district, they may either join the neighboring association or establish an association with others jointly.

The establishment of a national physical therapist association can be initiated after more than one-thirds (1/3) of municipal or county (city) physical therapist associations complete their establishment.

A physical therapist association shall appoint directors and supervisors elected by members (representatives of members) in general (representatives of members) meetings and boards of directors and supervisors shall be established. The number of the appointed directors and supervisors shall be as follows:
1. The number of the directors of a municipal or county (city) physical therapist association shall not exceed twenty-seven (27).
2. The number of the directors of a national physical therapist association shall not exceed thirty-five (35).
3. The number of the directors of a physical therapist association shall not exceed one-half (1/2) of the number of the entire members (representatives of members) of the association. This Paragraph applies to physical therapist association at each level.
4. The number of the supervisors of a physical therapist association shall not exceed one-thirds (1/3) of the number of the association’s directors. This Paragraph applies to physical therapist association at each level.
When the number of the directors or supervisors in a physical therapist association exceeds three (3) persons, standing directors and standing supervisors shall be elected among them; and the number of the alternative directors or supervisors of the association shall not exceed one-thirds (1/3) of the total number of directors or supervisors of the same association. The president of the association shall be elected by the directors from the standing directors, or from the directors when there are no standing directors. In case that there are more than three (3) standing supervisors, one (1) convener of the supervisory board shall be elected among them.

The term of office of a director and a supervisor shall be three (3) years. No more than one-half (1/2) of directors or supervisors shall be re-elected and the president shall only be re-elected once.

The candidates for the election of directors and supervisors to a higher-level physical therapist association are not limited to the representatives of members designated by lower-level physical therapist associations.
The representatives of members who are designated by physical therapist associations to participate in a higher-level physical therapist association are not limited to directors and supervisors of lower-level physical therapist associations.

A physical therapist association shall hold a general (representatives of members) meeting once each year; it shall hold special meetings when necessary.
When the number of the members of a physical therapist association exceeds three hundreds (300), the association shall delimit regions on the basis of the distribution of the members and in accordance with the provisions of the Chapter of the association and the number of the representatives of members shall be elected based on the ratio of the members. The association shall hold general meetings and exercise the powers of general meetings.

A physical therapist association shall formulate articles of association, prepare a list of members and curriculum vitae of its staff and submit them to the competent authority of civil associations for registration in the place where it is located and to the competent authorities at central and local levels respectively for records.

The following items shall be included in the Chapter of the association of physical therapist association at each level:
1. Title, region and location of the association;
2. Missions, organization, tasks, or enterprises;
3. Membership participation and withdrawal;
4. Membership fees and payment periods;
5. Formulation and office term of the representatives of members;
6. Quotas, designated powers, office terms, election, and discharge of directors and supervisors;
7. Rules governing general (representatives of members) meetings, and meetings of board of directors and of board of supervisors;
8. Rules to be abided by members;
9. Budgets and accounting;
10. Amendment of the Chapter of Association; and
11. Other necessary matters of a physical therapist association to be manifested or handled according to the law

For violations of the laws and orders or the articles of association of a physical therapist association, the competent authorities of civil associations may impose the following sanctions:
1.Warning.
2.Revocation of the resolution.
3.Discharge of the directors and supervisors.
4.Rectification before a deadline.
The sanctions of subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph may also be imposed by the competent authority.

Physical therapist associations at municipal level and county (city) level are obliged to abide by the Chapter of Association and resolutions of the national physical therapist association.

A member of a physical therapist association who is in violation of the laws and orders, or his/her physical therapist association’s Chapter of Association shall be disposed by the association according to the association’s Chapter and resolutions rendered by the association’s board of directors, board of supervisors, or general (representatives of members) meetings.

A national physical therapist association which was registered before the implementation of the provisions of this Act amended on January 9, 2007 shall finish reconstructing itself within four (4) years of the date of the implementation of this Act. Physical therapist association and physical therapy technician association at provincial level, which were registered before the implementation of the said Act, shall handle their dissolutions together.

This chapter on physical therapist associations shall apply to the affiliates of a physical therapist association.