HB-6208, As Passed House, June 27, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6208

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending sections 17820, 17821, and 17903 (MCL 333.17820,

333.17821, and 333.17903), section 17820 as amended by 2005 PA 281,

section 17821 as amended by 1993 PA 79, and section 17903 as added

by 2006 PA 54.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 17820. (1) A person shall not engage in the practice of

physical therapy unless licensed or otherwise authorized by this

article. A person shall engage in the actual treatment of an

individual only upon the prescription of an individual holding a

license issued under part 166, 170, 175, or 180, or the equivalent

license issued by another state.

     (2) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination

thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are

restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part

to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part: "physical

therapy", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist", "registered

physical therapist", "licensed physical therapist", "physical

therapy technician", "p.t.", "r.p.t.", "l.p.t.", and "p.t.t.".

     Sec. 17821. (1) The Michigan board of physical therapy is

created in the department and shall consist of the following 9

voting members who shall meet the requirements of part 161: 5

physical therapists and 4 public members.

     (2) The terms of office of the individual members of the board

created under this section, except those appointed to fill

vacancies, expire 4 years after appointment on December 31 of the

year in which the term expires.

Sec. 17903. (1) The Michigan athletic trainer board is created

in the department and shall consist of the following 7 members

meeting the requirements of part 161:

     (a) Four athletic trainers.

     (b) One public member.

     (c) Two physicians licensed under part 170 or 175.

     (2) The terms of office of individual members of the board

created under this part, except those appointed to fill vacancies,

expire 4 years after appointment on June 30 of the year in which

the term expires.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless House Bill No. 6147 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into

law.