Ch. 518                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Health Occupations

13-101.

(a)     In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Board" means the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

(c)     "License" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by
the Board to practice:

(1)     Physical therapy; or

(2)     Limited physical therapy.

(d)     "Licensed physical therapist" means, unless the context requires
otherwise, a physical therapist who is licensed by the Board to practice physical
therapy.

(e)     "Licensed physical therapist assistant" means, unless the context requires
otherwise, a physical therapist assistant who is licensed by the Board to practice
limited physical therapy.

(f)      "Physical therapist" means an individual, licensed by the State Board of
Physical Therapy Examiners, who practices physical therapy and who has passed the
national physical therapy licensing examination administered or accepted by the
Board.

(g)     "Physical therapist assistant" means an individual who practices limited
physical therapy and who has passed the national physical therapy licensing
examination administered or accepted by the Board.

(h) (1) "Practice limited physical therapy" means to practice the health
specialty concerned with:

(i) The prevention of disability in [individuals] PATIENTS OR
CLIENTS; and

(ii) The physical rehabilitation of [individuals] PATIENTS OR
CLIENTS with a congenital or acquired disability.

(2)     "Practice limited physical therapy" includes, except as provided in
paragraph (3) of this subsection[, administering]:

(I)      TAKING AND DOCUMENTING MEASUREMENTS; AND

(II)     ADMINISTERING treatment with therapeutic exercise,
therapeutic massage, mechanical devices, or therapeutic agents that use the physical,
chemical, or other properties of air, water, electricity, sound, or radiant energy.

(3)     "Practice limited physical therapy" does not include:

(i) [Performing and interpreting tests and measurements of
neuromuscular and musculoskeletal functions to aid treatment] INTERPRETING

MEASUREMENTS;

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