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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1019

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 868 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY VANCE, M. WHITE, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, FUMO AND
           GREENLEAF, MAY 18, 2007

        REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
           MAY 18, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), entitled
     2     "An act relating to the practice of physical therapy,"
     3     further providing for physical therapist assistants.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 9.1(c) of the act of October 10, 1975
     7  (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice Act,
     8  added December 20, 1985 (P.L.500, No.117), is amended and the
     9  section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
    10     Section 9.1.  Physical Therapist Assistant; Education and
    11  Examination; Scope of Duties; Registration.--* * *
    12     (c)  [A] Except as provided in subsection (c.1), a physical
    13  therapist assistant while assisting a licensed physical
    14  therapist in the practice of physical therapy shall only perform
    15  patient-related physical therapy acts and services that are
    16  assigned or delegated by and under the direct on-premises
    17  supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Such acts and
    18  services of a physical therapist assistant shall not include

     1  evaluation, testing, interpretation, planning or modification of
     2  patient programs. For purposes of this section the term "direct
     3  on-premises supervision" shall mean the physical presence of a
     4  licensed physical therapist on the premises who is immediately
     5  available to exercise supervision, direction and control.
     6     (c.1)  A physical therapist assistant while assisting a
     7  licensed physical therapist in the practice of physical therapy
     8  may perform patient-related physical therapy acts and services
     9  that are assigned or delegated by and under the supervision of a
    10  licensed physical therapist in the residence of a patient or in
    11  a licensed health care facility where the patient has been
    12  admitted. Such acts and services of a physical therapist
    13  assistant shall not include evaluation, testing, interpretation,
    14  planning or modification of patient programs. Patient-related
    15  physical therapy acts and services under this section shall be
    16  delegated only by a licensed physical therapist on evaluation by
    17  the physical therapist and shall not continue beyond 30 days
    18  from such delegation without further onsite supervisory visits
    19  by a licensed physical therapist.
    20     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.







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