Medical Society of New Jersey and New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Respondents v. New…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the State Board of Physical Therapy’s rule allowing physical therapists to perform examinations, instruction, and modify treatment without physician direction is facially valid and within the authority granted by the Physical Therapist Licensing Act, and it reversed the Appellate Division’s invalidation of the rule.