PRINTER'S NO. 1258
No. 1011 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, RHOADES, MURPHY, PUNT, COSTA, MOWERY,
LOGAN, LAVALLE, THOMPSON, MUSTO AND LEMMOND, JUNE 21, 2001
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JUNE 21, 2001
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," adding
3 a definition of "mobilization/manual therapy."
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2 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 to read:
9 Section 2. Definitions.--The following definitions shall
10 apply, when used in this act, unless otherwise expressed
11 therein:
12 "Athletic trainer" shall mean a person certified by the State
13 Board of Physical Therapy as an athletic trainer after meeting
14 the requirements of this act and rules and regulations
15 promulgated pursuant thereto.
16 "Athletic Trainer Advisory Committee" shall mean the
17 committee created by section 10.1 of this act to advise the
18 board.
1 "Board" means the State Board of Physical Therapy.
2 "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the Bureau of
3 Professional and Occupational Affairs.
4 "Healing arts" shall mean the science and skill of diagnosis
5 and treatment in any manner whatsoever of disease or any ailment
6 of the human body.
7 "Physical therapist" shall mean a person who has met all the
8 requirements of this act and is licensed to practice physical
9 therapy in accordance with this act.
10 "Physical therapist assistant" shall mean a person who has
11 met all the requirements of this act and is registered as a
12 physical therapist assistant in accordance with this act.
13 "Physical therapy" means the evaluation and treatment of any
14 person by the utilization of the effective properties of
15 physical measures such as mechanical stimulation, heat, cold,
16 light, air, water, electricity, sound, massage, mobilization and
17 the use of therapeutic exercises and rehabilitative procedures
18 including training in functional activities, with or without
19 assistive devices, for the purpose of limiting or preventing
20 disability and alleviating or correcting any physical or mental
21 conditions, and the performance of tests and measurements as an
22 aid in diagnosis or evaluation of function.
23 "Mobilization/Manual therapy" shall mean a group of
24 techniques comprising a continuum of skilled passive movements
25 to the joints and/or related soft tissues throughout the normal
26 physiological range of motion that are applied at varying speeds
27 and amplitudes, without limitation.
28 "Physician" means a person as defined in 1 Pa.C.S. § 1991
29 (relating to definitions).
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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