| SB 0368 | Modifies the practice of physical therapy |
| Sponsor: | Clay | |||
| LR Number: | L0982.01I | Fiscal Note: | 0982-01 | |
| Committee: | Public Health and Welfare | |||
| Last Action: | 02/02/99 - Referred S Public Health & Welfare Committee | Journal page: | S170 | |
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1999 | |||
SB 368 - This act revises the requirement for the practice of physical therapy. It deletes a provision in current law prohibiting physical therapists from working independently.
Physical therapists may not make medical diagnoses, treat ailments other than through the practice of physical therapy, or pay referral fees.
Physical therapists may treat patients for thirty days
without referrals from other health care providers. They may
treat patients for greater than thirty days if evidence is shown
of improved physical therapy-related symptoms.
ERIN MOTLEY