Senate Bill S8746

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to physical therapist assistants

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6727 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6727
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6738, 6739, 6740 & 6742-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8168, A10489
2019-2020: S4735, A3070

2021-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to physical therapist assistants; establishes that physical therapist assistants shall be licensed.

2021-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8746
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. STAVISKY, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  physical  therapist
   assistants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6738 of the education law, as added by chapter  618
 of  the  laws of 1980, subdivision a as designated by chapter 184 of the
 laws of 1982, subdivision b as amended by chapter 672  of  the  laws  of
 2019,  subdivision  c as amended by chapter 120 of the laws of 1998, and
 subdivision d as added by chapter 20 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 6738. Definition  of  physical  therapist  assistant. a. A "physical
 therapist assistant" means a person [certified] LICENSED  in  accordance
 with this article who works under the supervision of a licensed physical
 therapist  performing such patient related activities as are assigned by
 the supervising physical therapist. Duties of physical therapist assist-
 ants shall not include evaluation, testing, interpretation, planning  or
 modification  of  patient  programs. Supervision of a physical therapist
 assistant by a licensed physical therapist shall be on-site supervision,
 but not necessarily direct personal supervision. The number of  LICENSED
 physical therapist assistants supervised by one licensed physical thera-
 pist  shall  not  exceed  the  ratio of four LICENSED physical therapist
 assistants to one licensed physical therapist as shall be determined  by
 the  commissioner's  regulations  insuring that there be adequate super-
 vision in the best interest of public health and safety. Nothing in this
 section shall prohibit a  hospital  from  employing  physical  therapist
 assistants,  provided they work under the supervision of physical thera-
 pists designated by the hospital and not beyond the scope of practice of
 a physical therapist assistant. The numerical limitation of this section
 shall not apply to work performed in a hospital, provided that there  be
 adequate supervision in the best interest of public health and safety.
   b.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of subdivision a of this section,
 supervision of a LICENSED physical therapist  assistant  by  a  licensed
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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