Physical Therapy Scope of Practice Committee Meeting 10.27.25

Connecticut Department of Public Health Stakeholder Committee on Physical Therapy Scope of Practice · October 28, 2025

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Roll call of participants from various medical associations in Connecticut.

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A Department of Public Health stakeholder meeting heard a proposal from the Connecticut Physical Therapy Association to amend the state Physical Therapy Practice Act. The association asked to remove a requirement that patients be referred to another provider after six physical therapy visits or 30 days without improvement, and raised three other related requests (spinal-manipulation CE/referral removal, workers' compensation access, and authority to order plain-film x-rays). Physicians, emergency medicine and specialty societies raised patient-safety and diagnostic concerns, especially for less-experienced therapists; supporters cited 20 years of direct-access experience and comparative liability data. The group did not take formal action and scheduled a follow-up meeting to address the remaining items.

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