According to the prevailing law, physiotherapists are not allowed to work and practice physiotherapy in Lebanon unless they are registered as member in LOPT.
LOPT is responsible of registering physiotherapists and physiotherapy students, working to develop codes, standards, and professional guidelines, handling complaints, conducting investigations and organizing disciplinary hearings, assessing practice qualifications and approving standards for the study of Physiotherapy in Lebanon.

Registration as a member in LOPT requires the fulfillment of the following conditions :

• The physiotherapist should be a Lebanese citizen
• He must hold a four-year Bachelor Degree (B.S) in physiotherapy from a renowned and officially recognized university
• He shouldn’t be sentenced previously
• He must hold a practice license of physiotherapy from the Ministry of Public Health.
• He must have completed his twenty-first years of age