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Physical Therapy Board votes to pursue legislation raising statutory fee caps
Summary
After staff presented a driver-based cost model showing expenditures outpacing revenues and rising adjudication costs, the board voted 4–0 (one absent) to seek legislative authority to raise statutory fee caps for PT/PTA licensing and renewal fees.
The Physical Therapy Board of California voted Thursday to pursue legislation that would raise statutory fee caps for several licensing and renewal fees after staff presented an analysis showing a structural imbalance in the board's special fund.
The board's president, Dr. Karen Brandon, opened the discussion by stressing the board's consumer-protection role and the need to maintain fiscal stability: "The board's role remains to maintain consumer protection and consult with local and state entities on laws and regulations pertaining to [the] physical therapy industry," she said.
Department of Consumer Affairs fiscal adviser Matt Nishamini told members the board's fund-condition statements and a driver-based cost model showed expenditures exceeding revenues over…
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