PM & R Associates v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

VARTABEDIAN, J.

In this petition for a writ of review, we are called upon to determine whether a licensed physician in California may use medical assistants to render adjunct services involving concepts of physical therapy to a patient; the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) found such treatment illegal per se because such services may only be rendered personally by the physician, a licensed physical therapist, or by a physical therapy aide acting under the continuing and immediate supervision of a licensed physical therapist. We disagree with the WCAB ruling.

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