SB1144 - Tennessee - Medical Occupations

Companion Bill HB0964. Medical Occupations - Revises referral requirements to patient access to physical therapy services. - Amends TCA Section 63-13-109(b) and Section 63-13-303. Fiscal Summary for SB1144 / *HB0964Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB1144 / *HB0964 Present law generally requires the practice of physical therapy to be under the referral of a licensed doctor of medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, podiatry or osteopathy, except for initial evaluations, physical assessments or instructions including recommendation of exercise to an asymptomatic person, and under emergency circumstances. In addition, present law authorizes any licensed physical therapist, who has been licensed for at least one year, to treat a patient for an injury or condition that was the subject [...]

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