2001 House Bill 5014 ↩

House Roll Call 1100: Passed

To allow a licensed physical therapist to treat a patient without a prescription from another licensed health professional. The bill would increase license fees, and add a legal definition of "physical therapist assistant," but not require licensure for assistants. It would also impose a continuing education requirement on physical therapists, and require existing practitioners to hold a doctoral level degree in the practice. The bill does not create a new mandate for insurers to cover physical therapy, and does not prohibit a health insurer from including in a policy conditions for receiving physical therapy services.