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AL SB459
Bill
Status
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Whatley
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 34-24-122 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to permit licensed chiropractors to refer patients to licensed physical therapists for treatment.
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Adds new subsection (b) allowing chiropractor referrals to physical therapists notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34-24-191.
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Maintains existing prohibitions on chiropractors prescribing or administering medicine, performing surgery, or practicing obstetrics or osteopathy.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Chiropractors, authorized to refer person to licensed physical therapist for treatment, Sec. 34-24-122 am'd.
Health
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health
4/27/2011