HB444 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Mar 12, 2020

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Ron Johnson
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
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 further provide for a licensed physical therapist to perform physical therapy.
Subjects: Physical Therapists

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health