Bill Text: NC S176 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Modernize Physical Therapy Practice
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S176 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-S176-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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SENATE BILL 176
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Short Title: Modernize Physical Therapy Practice. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Pate (Primary Sponsor); J. Davis and Krawiec. |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate |
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March 6, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT updating the definition of physical therapy to include manipulation of the spine without a prescription from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90‑270.24(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4) "Physical
therapy" means the evaluation or treatment of any person by the use of
physical, chemical, or other properties of heat, light, water, electricity,
sound, massage, or therapeutic exercise, or other rehabilitative procedures,
with or without assistive devices, for the purposes of preventing, correcting,
or alleviating a physical or mental disability. Physical therapy includes the
performance of specialized tests of neuromuscular function, administration of
specialized therapeutic procedures, interpretation and implementation of
referrals from licensed medical doctors or dentists, and establishment and
modification of physical therapy programs for patients. Evaluation and
treatment of patients may involve physical measures, methods, or procedures as
are found commensurate with physical therapy education and training and
generally or specifically authorized by regulations of the Board. Physical
therapy education and training shall include study of the skeletal
manifestations of systemic disease. Physical therapy does not include the
application of roentgen rays or radioactive materials, surgery, manipulation
of the spine unless prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
North Carolina, or medical diagnosis of disease."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2017.
