Practical information for doctors

In the context of prescribing acts and services of Masseurs-Physiotherapists, the prescribing doctor exclusively uses the standardized prescription " Medical prescription: Physiotherapy ", as provided for in technical appendix " A " of the specifications of the agreement between the CNS and the Association of Doctors and Dentists .

In this context, it ensures that all the information required is indicated.

• Standardized order (01/06/2025)

• Amendments to the statutes and standardized ordinance (07/01/2024)

In the context of the digitalization of services , paper prescriptions should disappear during 2026. To this end, the CNS (in collaboration with the AMMD) has developed a digital prescription:

• Digitalized order (01/06/2025)

To remember:

• Physiotherapy prescriptions are valid for 31 days. It is the physiotherapist's responsibility to send the prescription to the CNS electronically in order to benefit from the third-party payment system.

• any modification or deletion on a prescription must be invalidated by the signature/stamp of the prescribing doctor.

• physiotherapy treatment for common pathology can be carried out over a maximum period of 3 months.

• physiotherapy treatment for serious illness can be carried out over a maximum period of 1 year.

• Post-operative treatment can only be prescribed for an intervention on the musculoskeletal system and within a maximum period of 4 months.

• an assessment and rehabilitation must be prescribed by two different prescriptions .

Coordinated version of the nomenclature of acts and services of the Masseur Physiotherapist:

• Rates applicable from 01/05/2025

• Convention CNS-ALK (en date du 05/06/2019)

• Specifications (dated 07/01/2024)