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37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 2595 By: Roberts (Sean)
	32	+	HOUSE BILL 2595 By: Roberts (Sean)
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45		-	An Act relating to physical therapy; amending 59 O. S.
46		-	2011, Section 887.17, as last amended by Section 46,
47		-	Chapter 475, O.S.L. 2019 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
48		-	887.17), which relates to referrals; modifying period
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	40	+	An Act relating to health; creating the Physical
	41	+	Therapy Act of 2021; providing for noncodification;
	42	+	and providing an effective d ate.
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55	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56		-	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2011, Section 887.17, as
57		-	last amended by Section 46, Chapter 475, O.S.L. 2019 (59 O.S. Supp.
58		-	2020, Section 887.17), is am ended to read as follows:
59		-	Section 887.17 A. 1. Except for workers' compensation claims,
60		-	any person licensed under the Physical Therapy Practice Act as a
61		-	physical therapist shall be able to evaluate and treat human
62		-	ailments by physical therapy on a patie nt without a referral from a
63		-	licensed health care practitioner for a period not to exceed thirty
64		-	(30) sixty (60) days. Treatment may be provided by a physical
65		-	therapist assistant under the supervision of a physical therapist.
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93		-	Any treatment provided beyon d the thirty-day sixty-day period shall
94		-	be only under the referral of a person licensed as a physician or
95		-	surgeon with unlimited license, or the physician assistant of the
96		-	person so licensed, and Doctors of Dentistry, Chiropractic and
97		-	Podiatry and an Advan ced Practice Registered Nurse, with those
98		-	referrals being limited to their respective areas of training and
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100		-	2. A physical therapist may provide services within the scope
101		-	of physical therapy practice without a physician referral to
102		-	children who receive physical therapy services pursuant to the
103		-	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, as
104		-	may be amended, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
105		-	as may be amended. Provided further, a plan of care developed by a
106		-	person authorized to provide services within the scope of the
107		-	Physical Therapy Practice Act shall be deemed to be a prescription
108		-	for purposes of providing services pursuant to the provisions of the
109		-	Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 200 4, as
110		-	may be amended, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
111		-	as may be amended.
112		-	3. Nothing in the Physical Therapy Practice Act shall prevent a
113		-	physical therapist from performing screening and educational
114		-	procedures within the scope of physica l therapy practice without a
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143		-	4. Nothing in the Physical Therapy Practice Act shall prevent a
144		-	physical therapist from performing services that are provided for
145		-	the purpose of fitness, wellness, or prevention that is not related
146		-	to the treatment of an injury or ailment.
147		-	5. Nothing in the Physical Therapy Practice Act shall be
148		-	construed as authorization for a physical therapist or physical
149		-	therapist assistant to practice any branch of the healing art.
150		-	6. Any person violating the provisio ns of the Physical Therapy
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153		-	B. 1. The provisions of the Physical Therapy Practice Act are
154		-	not intended to limit the activities of persons legitimately engaged
155		-	in the nontherapeutic administration of baths, massage, and normal
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157		-	2. The Physical Therapy Practice Act shall not prohibit
158		-	students who are enrolled in schools of physical therapy approved by
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160		-	such work as is incidental to their course of study; nor shall it
161		-	prevent any student in any recognized school of the healing art in
162		-	carrying out prescribed courses of study; provided such school is a
163		-	recognized institution by the statutes of Oklahoma, and its
164		-	practitioners are duly licensed as prescribed by law.
165		-	3. Nothing in the Physical Therapy Practice Act shall apply to
166		-	any person employed by an agency, bureau, or division of the federal
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	49	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
	50	+	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
	51	+	This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Physical
	52	+	Therapy Act of 2021".
198	53		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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200		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMM ITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 02/24/2021 -
201		-	DO PASS, As Amended.
	55	+	58-1-7102 AB 01/04/21