Full Text of HB1457 98th General Assembly
HB1457sam002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. Filed: 5/15/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1457
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1457 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4251)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
| 8 | | Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | (1) "Physical therapy" means all of the following: | 10 | | (A) Examining, evaluating, and testing individuals who | 11 | | may have mechanical, physiological, or developmental | 12 | | impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or | 13 | | other health and movement-related conditions, classifying | 14 | | these disorders, determining a rehabilitation prognosis | 15 | | and plan of therapeutic intervention, and assessing the | 16 | | on-going effects of the interventions. |
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| 1 | | (B) Alleviating impairments, functional limitations, | 2 | | or disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying | 3 | | therapeutic interventions that may include, but are not | 4 | | limited to, the evaluation or treatment of a person through | 5 | | the use of the effective properties of physical measures | 6 | | and heat, cold, light, water, radiant energy, electricity, | 7 | | sound, and air and use of therapeutic massage, therapeutic | 8 | | exercise, mobilization, and rehabilitative procedures, | 9 | | with or without mechanical or assistive devices or | 10 | | instruments , for the purposes of preventing, correcting, | 11 | | or alleviating a physical or mental impairment, functional | 12 | | limitation, or disability. | 13 | | (C) Reducing the risk of injury, impairment, | 14 | | functional limitation, or disability, including the | 15 | | promotion and maintenance of fitness, health, and | 16 | | wellness. | 17 | | (D) Engaging in administration, consultation, | 18 | | education, and research.
| 19 | | Physical therapy
includes, but is not limited to: (a) | 20 | | performance
of specialized tests and measurements, (b) | 21 | | administration of specialized
treatment procedures including | 22 | | the use of non-surgical invasive techniques , (c) | 23 | | interpretation of referrals from physicians, dentists, | 24 | | advanced practice nurses, physician assistants,
and podiatric | 25 | | physicians, (d) establishment, and modification of physical | 26 | | therapy
treatment programs, (e) administration of topical |
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| 1 | | medication used in generally
accepted physical therapy | 2 | | procedures when such medication is prescribed
by the patient's | 3 | | physician, licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
| 4 | | the patient's physician licensed to practice podiatric | 5 | | medicine, the patient's advanced practice nurse, the patient's | 6 | | physician assistant, or the
patient's dentist, and (f) | 7 | | supervision or teaching of physical therapy.
Physical therapy | 8 | | does not include radiology, electrosurgery or surgery , | 9 | | chiropractic
technique or determination of a differential
| 10 | | diagnosis; provided, however,
the limitation on determining a | 11 | | differential diagnosis shall not in any
manner limit a physical | 12 | | therapist licensed under this Act from performing
an evaluation | 13 | | pursuant to such license. Nothing in this Section shall limit
a | 14 | | physical therapist from employing appropriate physical therapy | 15 | | techniques
that he or she is educated and licensed to perform. | 16 | | A physical therapist
shall refer to a licensed physician, | 17 | | advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, dentist, or | 18 | | podiatric physician any patient
whose medical condition | 19 | | should, at the time of evaluation or treatment, be
determined | 20 | | to be beyond the scope of practice of the physical therapist.
| 21 | | (2) "Physical therapist" means a person who practices | 22 | | physical therapy
and who has met all requirements as provided | 23 | | in this Act.
| 24 | | (3) "Department" means the Department of Professional | 25 | | Regulation.
| 26 | | (4) "Director" means the Director of Professional |
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| 1 | | Regulation.
| 2 | | (5) "Board" means the Physical Therapy Licensing and | 3 | | Disciplinary Board approved
by the Director.
| 4 | | (6) "Referral" means a written or oral authorization for | 5 | | physical therapy services for a patient by a physician, | 6 | | dentist, advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or | 7 | | podiatric physician who maintains medical supervision of the | 8 | | patient and makes a diagnosis or verifies that the patient's | 9 | | condition is such that it may be treated by a physical | 10 | | therapist.
| 11 | | (7) "Documented current and relevant diagnosis" for the | 12 | | purpose of
this Act means a diagnosis, substantiated by | 13 | | signature or oral verification
of a physician, dentist, | 14 | | advanced practice nurse, physician assistant, or podiatric | 15 | | physician, that a patient's condition is such
that it may be | 16 | | treated by physical therapy as defined in this Act, which
| 17 | | diagnosis shall remain in effect until changed by the | 18 | | physician, dentist, advanced practice nurse, physician | 19 | | assistant,
or podiatric physician.
| 20 | | (8) "State" includes:
| 21 | | (a) the states of the United States of America;
| 22 | | (b) the District of Columbia; and
| 23 | | (c) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
| 24 | | (9) "Physical therapist assistant" means a person licensed | 25 | | to assist a
physical therapist and who has met all requirements | 26 | | as provided in this Act
and who works under the supervision of |
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| 1 | | a licensed physical therapist to assist
in implementing the | 2 | | physical therapy treatment program as established by the
| 3 | | licensed physical therapist. The patient care activities | 4 | | provided by the
physical therapist assistant shall not include | 5 | | the interpretation of referrals,
evaluation procedures, or the | 6 | | planning or major modification of patient programs.
| 7 | | (10) "Physical therapy aide" means a person who has | 8 | | received on
the job training, specific to the facility in which | 9 | | he is employed, but who
has not completed an approved physical | 10 | | therapist assistant program.
| 11 | | (11) "Advanced practice nurse" means a person licensed | 12 | | under the Nurse Practice Act who has a collaborative agreement | 13 | | with a collaborating physician that authorizes referrals to | 14 | | physical therapists. | 15 | | (12) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under | 16 | | the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 who has been | 17 | | delegated authority to make referrals to physical therapists.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-214, eff. 8-9-13.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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