Kepler v. State Board of Physical Therapy

KELLEY, Judge.

Susan E. Kepler (petitioner) petitions for review of an adjudication and order of the State Board of Physical Therapy (board). Specifically, the board’s order suspended petitioner’s physical therapy license and imposed a civil penalty against petitioner for violating sections 11(a)(3) and (6) of the Physical Therapy Practice Act 1 (Act). We reverse.

Petitioner, a licensed physical therapist, worked as an independent contractor providing at-home physical therapy services on behalf of the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) from 1992 until 1996. During the summer of 1996, the VNA…