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SB 692

EnactedCrossfile HB 551
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Health Occupations - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants - Qualifications

Sponsor: Senator KlausmeierCommittee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing a certain educational qualification required for an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license who was educated in limited physical therapy outside any state; and altering certain educational qualifications for applicants for physical therapy licenses or physical therapist assistant licenses who were educated in any state to require the applicant to have graduated from a certain accredited physical therapist assistant program and have satisfactorily completed the clinical training required.

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Testimony (3)

MGA witness list
FAV 2FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBrocato, BarbaralobbyistAPTA MDWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Klausmeier, Senator KlausmeierlegislatorIndividualPosition only
FWAThomas, SumeshBoard of Physical Therapy ExaminersOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBrocato, BarbaraAPTA MDRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics