FW: Proposed Amendments to HB 2701

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Dear colleagues,

Attached is the physical therapist’s

response to my suggested amendment …in four words…OVER MY DEAD BODY!

Vern Saboe

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Subject: Proposed Amendments to HB

2701

Dear Chair Kotek,

Members

of the Committee, Sandy Thiele-Cirka, and

Dr. Vern

Saboe:

Thank you for taking the

time to hear concerns on both sides of this issue. We appreciate your

leadership and direction. Please see the attached proposed amendments submitted

on behalf of the Oregon Physical Therapy Association. We have worked on

this language in response to Thursday night's hearing and also in

response to Dr. Vern Saboe’s proposed -3

amendments.

Committee staff forwarded the

proposed -3 amendments that were submitted by Dr. Saboe and we have

incorporated this language into our proposed amendments as attached. We have also

included definitions for the terms being used since a lack of definitions

and differentiation between terms appeared to be at the heart of some of

the confusion on Thursday.

Our amendment proposes to insert the

new language into ORS 688.010, the existing statute that defines the practice

of physical therapy. The new

language specifies that

manipulation and mobilization are within the scope of practice of physical

therapy (under subsection (6),

subparagraph

©). Again this is to avoid future confusion

and to clarify that this is within the current scope of practice

of practice of physical therapy as it has been for many years. We have

then provided a definition of “physical therapy manipulation and physical

therapy mobilization” for clarification purposes (subsection

(7))

and to lend some definition/description of this procedure. We feel it is

critical in resolving this issue to have some definition of what this procedure

means in the context of its utilization by physical therapists. This

definition comes from the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. Subsection

8 inserts the language that has been proposed in Vern Saboe’s -3

amendments to clarify that physical therapy does not include chiropractic

spinal adjusting or chiropractic spinal manipulation. We then added further

language in a new subsection (9)

which states that nothing in the chiropractic or the physical therapist statute

shall be construed to prohibit a licensed physical therapist from the use of

“physical therapy manipulation or physical therapy mobilization” as

defined in subsection (7)

of the proposed amendment.

We appreciation your

willingness to assist us in resolving this issue and would like to make sure

that chiropractors are able to practice within their scope, training and

education; while also making sure that physical therapists are able to do the

same. We feel there is a place for both professions within the health

care field. We believe that this language provides an opportunity to

provide clarification, avoid future confusion and address the concerns of both

sides.

Thank you,

Rutten

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