Tex. Occ. Code § 453.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The practice of physical therapy requires that a person practicing have education, training, and experience in physical therapy.
(b) The practice of physical therapy includes:
(1) measurement or testing of the function of the musculoskeletal, neurological, pulmonary, or cardiovascular system;
(2) rehabilitative treatment concerned with restoring function or preventing disability caused by illness, injury, or birth defect;
(3) treatment, consultative, educational, or advisory services to reduce the incidence or severity of disability or pain to enable, train, or retrain a person to perform the independent skills and activities of daily living; and
(4) delegation of selective forms of treatment to support personnel while a physical therapist retains the responsibility for caring for the patient and directing and supervising the support personnel.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.453.htm
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