House
File
174
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Enrolled
House
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174
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
REFERRAL
OF
A
PATIENT
FOR
DIAGNOSTIC
IMAGING
BY
A
PHYSICAL
THERAPIST.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
148A.1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
148A.1
Definitions
——
referral
——
authorization.
1.
a.
As
used
in
this
chapter
,
“board”
:
a.
“Board”
means
the
board
of
physical
and
occupational
therapy
created
under
chapter
147
.
b.
As
used
in
this
chapter
,
“physical
therapy”
is
that
“Physical
therapy”
means
the
branch
of
science
that
deals
with
the
evaluation
and
treatment
of
human
capabilities
and
impairments.
Physical
therapy
uses
the
effective
properties
of
physical
agents
including
,
but
not
limited
to
,
mechanical
devices,
heat,
cold,
air,
light,
water,
electricity,
and
sound,
and
therapeutic
exercises,
and
rehabilitative
procedures
to
prevent,
correct,
minimize,
or
alleviate
a
physical
impairment.
(1)
Physical
therapy
includes
the
interpretation
of
performances,
tests,
and
measurements,
the
establishment
and
modification
of
physical
therapy
programs,
treatment
planning,
consultative
services,
instructions
to
the
patients,
and
the
administration
and
supervision
attendant
to
physical
therapy
facilities.
(2)
Physical
therapy
permits
the
referral
of
a
patient
by
a
physical
therapist
for
diagnostic
imaging,
including
House
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174,
p.
2
plain
radiographs
and
magnetic
resonance
imaging,
provided
the
diagnostic
imaging
is
performed
and
the
results
are
interpreted
by
an
appropriately
licensed
and
qualified
health
care
professional.
The
physical
therapist
who
ordered
the
diagnostic
imaging
shall
report
the
results
of
the
diagnostic
imaging
to
the
patient’s
designated
primary
care
provider
within
seven
days
following
receipt
of
the
results
to
ensure
patient
coordination
of
care,
unless
the
patient
does
not
have
a
designated
primary
care
provider
or
the
health
care
professional
who
performed
and
interpreted
the
diagnostic
imaging
previously
provided
the
results
to
the
primary
care
provider.
2.
Physical
therapy
evaluation
and
treatment
may
be
rendered
by
a
physical
therapist
with
or
without
a
referral
from
a
physician,
podiatric
physician,
dentist,
or
chiropractor,
except
that
a
hospital
may
require
that
physical
therapy
evaluation
and
treatment
provided
in
the
hospital
shall
be
done
only
upon
prior
review
by
and
authorization
of
a
member
of
the
hospital’s
medical
staff.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
174,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor