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