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House Engrossed
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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HOUSE BILL 2583 |
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AN ACT
AMending section 32-2041.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the board of physical therapy.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-2041.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-2041.01. Imaging; ordering; requirements; reporting
A. A physical therapist may order musculoskeletal imaging consisting of plain film radiographs. The imaging shall be performed by a health care practitioner who is authorized pursuant to this title to perform the imaging and shall be interpreted by a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13, 14 or 17 of this title and trained in radiology interpretation.
B. A physical therapist shall report results for all imaging tests that the physical therapist orders pursuant to subsection A of this section to the patient's health care practitioner of record or the referring health care practitioner, if designated, within seven days after receiving the results. If the patient does not have a health care practitioner of record, the physical therapist shall refer the patient to an appropriate health care practitioner if the physical therapist has reasonable cause to believe that any symptoms or conditions are present that may require services beyond the physical therapist's scope of practice.
C. A physical therapist may order imaging pursuant to this section only for a patient with whom the physical therapist has a physical therapist-patient relationship and for whom there is a clinical need for the order.