.physio Domain Registration - .physio Domains - Register Physiotherapy Domain Name .physio

.PHYSIO is restricted to members of the physiotherapy and physical therapy professionals.

In order to register or renew a .PHYSIO domain, the applicant must satisfy either Criteria A, B or C as described below:

Criteria A Where a professional association that is a member of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy exists in the country where the applicant resides the applicant must:
1. Be a natural person; and
2. Be entitled to be a member of the professional association of the country where they reside or were educated.

Criteria B In the case where a professional association exists but is not a member of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy or where a professional association does not exist in the country where the applicant resides the applicant must:
1. Be a natural person; and
2. Be completing, or have completed, a programme of study that affords eligibility to practice physiotherapy in that country.

Criteria C In the case of a company or organization:
1. One of their primary purposes must be to support, promote, service or supply persons identified in Criteria A or B, as an identified professional group, and
2. They may only register a domain name that is a close and substantial match to their business name, product or service.

The list of professional associations that are members of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy is available at the following link.

At any time during the registration term, the Registry may monitor or review whether a registrant meets the eligibility requirements. Registrants may be asked to provide information to demonstrate compliance. Failure to be in compliance may result in suspension or deletion of the domain name.

Certain names may be reserved or considered premium names.

In accordance with ICANN schedule of reserved names the following are restricted: “EXAMPLE” shall be reserved at the second level and at all other levels within the TLD at which Registry Operator makes registrations.
Two-character labels: All two-character labels shall be initially reserved. The reservation of a two character label string may be released to the extent that Registry Operator reaches agreement with the government and country-code manager. The Registry Operator may also propose release of these reservations based on its implementation of measures to avoid confusion with the corresponding country codes.
Tagged Domain Names: Labels may only include hyphens in the third and fourth position if they represent valid internationalized domain names in their ASCII encoding (for example "xn--ndk061n").
Second-Level Reservations for Registry Operations: The following names are reserved for use in connection with the operation of the registry for the TLD. Registry Operator may use them, but upon conclusion of Registry Operator's designation as operator of the registry for the TLD they shall be transferred as specified by ICANN: NIC, WWW, IRIS and WHOIS.
Country and Territory Names: The country and territory names contained in the following internationally recognized lists shall be initially reserved at the second level and at all other levels within the TLD at which the Registry Operator provides for registrations.

Top Level Reserved Names: AFRINIC, IANA-SERVERS, NRO, ALAC, ICANN, RFC-EDITOR, APNIC, IESG, RIPE, ARIN, IETF, ROOT-SERVERS, ASO, INTERNIC, RSSAC, CCNSO, INVALID, SSAC, EXAMPLE, IRTF, TEST, GAC, ISTF, TLD, GNSO, LACNIC, WHOIS, GTLD-SERVERS, LOCAL, WWW, IAB, LOCALHOST, IANA, NIC, All International Olympic Committee names, All International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement names.

Renewal fees for domain purchased during the Sunrise phase will be higher than the standard .PHYSIO renewal fee at a renewal fee of $159.99 per year.