MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1739

Article 43 - Health
604.

Physical therapy is a [para—medical ] HEALTH
specialty concerned with the physical rehabilitation of
persons having disability resulting from, or secondary
to, injury, or disease.

The practice of physical therapy defined

The practice of physical therapy means the practice,
for compensation directly or indirectly paid, of the
[para—medical] HEALTH specialty and includes:

1.     Performing and interpreting tests and
measurements of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal
functions as an aid to treatment;

2.    Planning initial and subsequent treatment
programs, on the basis of test findings, and within the
orders of the referring [physician;] PRACTITIONER; and

3.   Administering treatment through the use of
therapeutic exercise, massage, mechanical devices, and
therapeutic agents which employ the physical, chemical,
and other properties of air, water, electricity, sound,
and radiant energy; but does not include the use of
Roentgen rays or radium, nor the use of electricity for
cauterization or surgery.

608.

The [said] Board is empowered to pass upon the
qualifications of applicants for licensure as physical
therapists and physical therapist assistants and shall
make such other rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this subtitle, as are necessary for the examination
and licensure of applicants, [and] for suspension or
revocation of [licenses. ] LICENSES, FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE, AND FOR ESTABLISHMENT
OF ETHICAL STANDARDS.

609.

(a) The Board may refuse to grant a license to an
applicant, MAY REPRIMAND A LICENSEE OR PLACE HIM ON
PROBATION, or it may suspend or revoke a license on any
of the following grounds:

(1) Habitual indulgence in the use of narcotic drugs
or other habit—forming drugs or in the use of alcoholic
liquors to an extent which. affects professional
competency;