Bill Text: MI HB5356 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupations; physical therapists; prescription requirement; eliminate under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 17820 & 17824 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17820 & 333.17824). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5357'14, HB 5358'14, HB 5359'14, HB 5360'14
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-26 - Printed Bill Filed 02/26/2014 [HB5356 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5356-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5356
February 25, 2014, Introduced by Reps. O'Brien, Foster, Price, Shirkey, Yonker, Robinson, Lipton, Hovey-Wright, Dillon, Slavens, Heise, Potvin, Glardon and Zorn and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 17820 and 17824 (MCL 333.17820 and 333.17824),
section 17820 as amended and section 17824 as added by 2009 PA 55.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
17820. (1) A person An
individual shall not engage in the
practice of physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist
assistant unless licensed or otherwise authorized under this part.
A
person Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, a
physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall engage in
the
actual treatment of an individual a patient only upon the
prescription
of an individual holding a
health care professional
who holds a license issued under part 166, 170, 175, or 180, or the
equivalent license issued by another state. A physical therapist or
a physical therapist assistant may engage in the treatment of a
patient without the prescription of a health care professional who
holds a license issued under part 166, 170, 175, or 180, or the
equivalent license issued by another state, under either of the
following circumstances:
(a) For 21 days or 10 treatments, whichever first occurs.
(b) The patient is seeking physical therapy services for the
purpose of preventing injury or promoting fitness.
(2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination
thereof,
of words, titles, or letters,
with or without qualifying
words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons
authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed
in this part: "physical therapy", "physical therapist", "doctor of
physiotherapy", "doctor of physical therapy", "physiotherapist",
"physiotherapy", "registered physical therapist", "licensed
physical therapist", "physical therapy technician", "physical
therapist assistant", "physical therapy assistant",
"physiotherapist assistant", "physiotherapy assistant", "p.t.
assistant", "p.t.", "r.p.t.", "l.p.t.", "c.p.t.", "d.p.t.",
"m.p.t.", "p.t.a.", "registered p.t.a.", "licensed p.t.a.",
"certified p.t.a.", "c.p.t.a.", "l.p.t.a.", "r.p.t.a.", and
"p.t.t.".
Sec. 17824. (1) A physical therapist who is treating a patient
upon the prescription of a health care professional as described in
section
17820 shall refer a do all of the following, as applicable:
(a) Refer the patient back to the health care professional who
issued the prescription for treatment if the physical therapist has
reasonable cause to believe that symptoms or conditions are present
that require services beyond the scope of practice of physical
therapy.
(b) (2)
A physical therapist shall consult Consult
with the
health care professional who issued the prescription for treatment
if
a the patient does not show reasonable response to
treatment in
a time period consistent with the standards of practice as
determined by the board.
(2) A physical therapist who is treating a patient without a
prescription from a health care professional under the conditions
authorized in section 17820 shall do all of the following, as
applicable:
(a) Refer the patient to an appropriate health care
professional for treatment if the physical therapist has reasonable
cause to believe that symptoms or conditions are present that
require services beyond the scope of practice of physical therapy.
(b) Consult with an appropriate health care professional if
the patient does not show reasonable response to treatment in a
time period consistent with the standards of practice as determined
by the board.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 5357 (request no. H01450'13 **).
(b) House Bill No. 5358 (request no. H01452'13 **).
(c) House Bill No. 5359 (request no. H01453'13 **).
(d) House Bill No. 5360 (request no. H01454'13 **).
