Louisiana § RS 37:2423 - Exemptions; prohibitions
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 37:2423 — Exemptions; prohibitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 37:2423. Exemptions; prohibitions
A. This Chapter does not restrict a person licensed under any other law of this state from engaging in the profession or practice for which that person is licensed if that person does not represent, imply, or claim that he is a physical therapist or a provider of physical therapy.
B. A person who is not licensed as a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant in accordance with this Chapter may be employed in a hospital, institution, clinic, physician's office, or athletic training room to administer treatment under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician; however, the treatment administered shall not be identified as physical therapy, and further provided that such person administering such treatment shall not hold himself out, nor be held out by others as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant.
C. No provision in this Chapter shall preclude either physical therapists or other health care providers from billing for or being reimbursed for physical medicine procedures, therapy treatments, or physical modalities which they are licensed to perform and which fall within their respective scope of practice.
D. Physical therapists may not profess to provide "spinal manipulation" or "spinal adjustment" or use these terms for advertising purposes. However, this Chapter shall preclude other health care providers from professing the practice of physical therapy and from the use of the terms "physical therapy", "P.T.", or "physiotherapy" for advertising purposes unless licensed under this Chapter.
Acts 2009, No. 535, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 37:2423 ("Exemptions; prohibitions") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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