History

The provincial government has the broad responsibility of seeing that the good is served. Through legislation, it has delegated some of this responsibility to the profession of physiotherapy:

1957
The Act Respecting the Practice of Physiotherapy is enacted. The provincial legislation gives regulatory authority to the newly-formed Association of Physiotherapists of Manitoba.

1981
A new act The Physiotherapy Act replaces The Act Respecting the Practice of Physiotherapy.

2001
A new act The Physiotherapists Act replaces The Physiotherapy Act.
The Association of Physiotherapists of Manitoba is renamed the College of Physiotherapists of Manitoba (CPM).