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Assembly Bill A7293

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant

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2013-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3555
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Workers' Compensation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง13-b, Work Comp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7308, S5005
2015-2016: A2116, S2718
2017-2018: A2859, A10535, S3762
2019-2020: A3594

2013-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits an authorized physician to direct that physical therapy care may be rendered by a duly licensed physical therapist assistant.

2013-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7293

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MILLMAN, BENEDETTO, KELLNER, COLTON,
  ROSENTHAL,  CYMBROWITZ,  BROOK-KRASNY,  WEPRIN,   LIFTON,   GABRYSZAK,
  MAISEL,  SCARBOROUGH,  SCHIMEL, RYAN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ABBATE, ABINANTI, BRENNAN, HEVESI, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, RAIA,
  RIVERA, RUSSELL, SALADINO, SWEENEY, TENNEY -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Labor

AN  ACT  to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to physical
  therapy care provided through the workers' compensation system

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 13-b of the work-
ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 473 of the laws of 2000, is
amended to read as follows:
  (d)  Upon  the  referral  which may be directive as to treatment of an
authorized physician physical therapy care may be  rendered  by  a  duly
licensed physical therapist OR BY A CERTIFIED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSIST-
ANT.    Where physical therapy care is rendered records of the patient's
condition and progress, together with records of instruction for  treat-
ment,  if  any, shall be maintained by the physical therapist and physi-
cian. Said records shall be submitted to the chair on such forms and  at
such times as the chair may require.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02814-01-3

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