2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-40 - Physical Therapists
Section 5-40-23. - Ordering diagnostic imaging — Sunset.
§ 5-40-23. Ordering diagnostic imaging — Sunset.
(a) Physical therapists licensed pursuant to § 5-40-7 may order diagnostic imaging as defined in § 5-40-1 to be performed and interpreted by other licensed healthcare professionals.
(b) All diagnostic imaging tests ordered by a physical therapist shall be reported by the physical therapist to the patient’s designated primary care physician of record within seven (7) days following receipt of the results. This reporting shall not be required if the patient does not have a primary care physician.
(c) Managed healthcare plans shall provide a utilization report to the general assembly no later than September 1, 2022, and annually thereafter.
(d) Unless extended by the general assembly, physical therapists shall not be authorized to order diagnostic imaging as an authorized practice of physical therapy after December 31, 2025.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 207, § 2, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 327, § 2, effective July 9, 2021; P.L. 2023, ch. 47, § 1, effective June 12, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 48, § 1, effective June 12, 2023.
