Commonwealth v. State Board of Physical Therapy

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This appeal tests the constitutionality of a statutory provision that prevents chiropractors from advertising that they perform “physical therapy.” The appellant chiropractors, Thomas A. Boch, Howard A. Bloom, Mark W. Bloom, and Ronald A. Cologna, and Weathervane Chiropractic, P.C., were charged with unlawful advertising under the Physical Therapy Practice Act (PT Act), 63 P.S. § 1304(a), (b.l). The charges were initiated by the Commonwealth’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs via an order to show cause why the State Board of Physical…