RECONHECIMENTO DO PROFISSIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA PELO CONSELHO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE: INTERVENÇÃO RECOMENDAÇÕES SOBRE CONDUTAS E PROCEDIMENTOS NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA À SAÚDE

The present study aimed to present to Physical Education professionals who work with collective health, the areas and levels of intervention of the Physical Education professional and the recommendations and conduct in Primary Health Care. The National Health Council recognizes the Physical Education professional being in the health area, since March 6, 1997, through Resolution No. 218. According to Ordinance 154/2008, the professions that may compose the NASF (FAMILY HEALTH CENTER) are: Doctor, Acupuncturist, Social Worker, Physical Education Professional, Pharmacist, Physiotherapist, Speech Therapist, Gynecologist, Homeopathic Doctor, Nutritionist, Pediatrician, Psychologist, Psychiatrist and Occupational Therapist. This article is justified by the need and lack of information about the insertion of the Physical Education professional in public health. Qualitative research is characterized by that which identifies relevant factors of an object in order to analyze the content of documents or realities, and still emphasize the importance of the theoretical basis, therefore, it is a bibliographic review accompanied by a qualitative research to documents that regulate and legitimize the performance of the Physical Education Professional in the single health system and its transversal actions. It can be concluded that the intervention of the Physical Education professional in the Family Health Program (PSF) and in the NASF (FAMILY HEALTH CENTER) is of paramount importance in the three intervention levels (primary, secondary and tertiary), working in the health promotion and disease prevention, directly in non-pharmacological treatment and intervening in risk factors.