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1 1 Section 1. Section 148A.2, Code 2001, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A person or business entity,
1 4 including the employees, agents, or representatives of the
1 5 business entity, shall not use in connection with that
1 6 person's name or the name or activity of the business entity,
1 7 the words "physical therapy", "physical therapist",
1 8 "physiotherapy", "licensed physical therapist",
1 9 "physiotherapist", "registered physical therapist", "doctor of
1 10 physical therapy", "physical therapist assistant",
1 11 "physiotherapist assistant", "licensed physical therapist
1 12 assistant", "registered physical therapist assistant", or the
1 13 letters "P.T.", "L.P.T.", "R.P.T.", "D.P.T.", "P.T.A.",
1 14 "L.P.T.A.", "R.P.T.A.", or any other words, abbreviations, or
1 15 insignia indicating or implying directly or indirectly that
1 16 physical therapy or physiotherapy is provided or supplied,
1 17 unless such services are provided by or under the direction
1 18 and supervision of a physical therapist licensed pursuant to
1 19 this chapter. A person or entity that violates this paragraph
1 20 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, and a license to practice
1 21 shall be revoked or suspended pursuant to section 147.55.
1 22 Sec. 2. Section 148A.3, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
1 23 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
1 24 thereof the following:
1 25 1. A person licensed under any other chapter of the Code
1 26 who is engaged in the practice of the person's profession if
1 27 that person does not represent, imply, or claim that the
1 28 person is a physical therapist, physiotherapist, doctor of
1 29 physical therapy, physical therapist assistant,
1 30 physiotherapist assistant, or a provider of physical therapy
1 31 or physiotherapy.
1 32 Sec. 3. Section 148A.3, subsection 5, Code 2001, is
1 33 amended by striking the subsection.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill provides title restrictions relating to the
2 1 practice of physical therapy. The bill provides that a person
2 2 or business entity, including the employees, agents, or
2 3 representatives of the business entity, shall not use in
2 4 connection with their name or business activity a specified
2 5 list of titles and abbreviations indicating that physical
2 6 therapy or physiotherapy is provided or supplied, unless such
2 7 services are provided by or under the direction and
2 8 supervision of a physical therapist licensed pursuant to Code
2 9 chapter 148A. The bill provides that a person or entity that
2 10 violates this provision is guilty of a serious misdemeanor,
2 11 and that a license to practice shall be revoked or suspended
2 12 pursuant to Code section 147.55.
2 13 The bill also provides that persons licensed under any
2 14 other Code chapter who are engaged in the practice of their
2 15 professions are not restricted by the provisions of Code
2 16 chapter 148A if such a person does not represent, imply, or
2 17 claim that the person is a physical therapist,
2 18 physiotherapist, doctor of physical therapy, physical
2 19 therapist assistant, physiotherapist assistant, or a provider
2 20 of physical therapy or physiotherapy. The bill deletes a Code
2 21 provision which currently and specifically exempts massage
2 22 therapists, massage technicians, masseurs and masseuses who
2 23 administer body massage by Swedish or other massage technique,
2 24 including modalities, in a massage establishment, health club,
2 25 athletic club, or school athletic department, from the
2 26 requirements of Code chapter 148A, provided such individuals
2 27 do not designate themselves to be physical therapists.
2 28 LSB 5178HC 79
2 29 rn/sh/8
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