Bill Text: IN HB1151 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Physical therapy services without a referral.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Representative Davis added as coauthor [HB1151 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1151-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 25-27-1.
Synopsis: Physical therapy services without a referral. Allows a
physical therapist to evaluate and treat a patient without a referral for
not more than 30 days. Requires a physical therapist to obtain a referral
from the patient's provider if further treatment by the physical therapist
is needed.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
(1) practice physical therapy;
(2) profess to be a physical therapist, physiotherapist, or physical therapy technician or to use the initials "P.T.", "P.T.T.", or "R.P.T.", or any other letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that the person is a physical therapist; or
(3) practice or
without first obtaining from the board a license authorizing the person to practice physical therapy in this state.
(b) Except as provided in section 2.5 of this chapter, it is unlawful for a person to practice physical therapy other than upon the order or referral of a physician, podiatrist, psychologist, chiropractor, or dentist holding an unlimited license to practice medicine, podiatric medicine, psychology, chiropractic, or dentistry, respectively. It is unlawful for a physical therapist to use the services of a physical
therapist's assistant except as provided under this chapter. For the
purposes of this subsection, the function of:
(1) teaching;
(2) doing research;
(3) providing advisory services; or
(4) conducting seminars on physical therapy;
is not considered to be a practice of physical therapy.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for
a person to act as a physical therapist's assistant or to use initials,
letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that the person is a
physical therapist's assistant without first obtaining from the board a
certificate authorizing the person to act as a physical therapist's
assistant. It is unlawful for the person to act as a physical therapist's
assistant other than under the direct supervision of a licensed physical
therapist who is in responsible charge of a patient or under the direct
supervision of a physician. However, nothing in this chapter prohibits
a person licensed or registered in this state under another law from
engaging in the practice for which the person is licensed or registered.
These exempted persons include persons engaged in the practice of
osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatric medicine.
(d) Except as provided in section 2.5 of this chapter, this chapter
does not authorize a person who is licensed as a physical therapist or
certified as a physical therapist's assistant to:
(1) evaluate any physical disability or mental disorder except
upon the order or referral of a physician, podiatrist, psychologist,
chiropractor, or dentist;
(2) practice medicine, surgery (as described in
IC 25-22.5-1-1.1(a)(1)(C)), dentistry, optometry, osteopathy,
psychology, chiropractic, or podiatric medicine; or
(3) prescribe a drug or other remedial substance used in medicine.