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  6. HB 50

HB 50

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
  • 4 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Ron Johnson
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Physical therapy, eliminate requirement for referral from physician or other health care practitioner to perform physical therapy, Secs. 34-24-191, 34-24-210.1, 34-24-217 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, physical therapy may only be performed based on a referral from a licensed physician, dentist, chiropractor, physician assistant, or certified registered nurse practitioner, except in limited, enumerated circumstances that allow a licensed physical therapist to perform an initial evaluation or consultation of a screening nature without a referral

This bill would eliminate the requirement that a licensed physical therapist may only perform physical therapy, except in limited circumstances, based on a referral from a licensed health care practitioner

Relating to physical therapy; to amend Sections 34-24-191, 34-24-210.1, and 34-24-217, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the prohibition against practicing physical therapy without a referral from a licensed health care practitioner.

Subjects
Physical Therapists

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 4, 2019 H Rereferred from Insurance to Health
March 5, 2019 H Rereferred from Health to INS
March 5, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Text

Download HB 50 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 50 - Introduced
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