Practice of Physical Therapy without a Referral

NY-ADR

1/31/07 N.Y. St. Reg. EDU-43-06-00009-A
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 5
January 31, 2007
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
 
I.D No. EDU-43-06-00009-A
Filing No. 55
Filing Date. Jan. 16, 2007
Effective Date. Feb. 01, 2007
Practice of Physical Therapy without a Referral
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Addition of sections 29.17 and 77.9 to Title 8 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Education Law, sections 207 (not subdivided); 6504 (not subdivided); 6506(1); 6507(2)(a); 6509(9), and 6731(d)
Subject:
Practice of physical therapy without a referral.
Purpose:
To implement the requirements of section 6731(d) of the Education Law by defining the experience requirement that a licensed physical therapist must meet to provide treatment without a referral, clarifying the content of the notice of advice provided to a patient prior to treatment by a physical therapist without a referral, and establishing a definition of unprofessional conduct relating to such practice.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. EDU-43-06-00009-P, Issue of October 25, 2006.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Anne Marie Koschnick, Legal Assistant, Office of Counsel, Education Department, State Education Bldg., Rm. 148, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 473-8296, e-mail: [email protected]
Assessment of Public Comment
The agency received no public comment.
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