Physical Therapy Board public meetings in 2023
8 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Physical Therapy Board
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The Louisiana Physical Therapy Board authorized a professional services agreement for mental health assistance and accepted a consent order for one licensee. The board also directed the Practice Act Committee to further refine language for recommended changes.
- Approved agenda as written (unanimous)
- Approved October 2023 minutes as written (unanimous)
- Directed Practice Act Committee to continue refining language and consult stakeholders (unanimous)
- Recommended creating an investigative committee of 2 board members for 2-year terms (unanimous)
- Authorized Executive Director to sign professional services agreement with mental health professionals not to exceed $5K (unanimous)
- Accepted consent order for Case# 2023-I-042 Diana Sims (unanimous)
Physical Therapy Board
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The Board authorized the Executive Director to open a checking account and a money market account at First Horizon Bank. The Board also approved a consulting contract for an interior decorator. Additionally, the Board established compliance requirements for technicians at MB Therapy regarding a Consent Order for Ginny Daily.
- Approved opening a public funds depository checking account at First Horizon Bank (unanimous)
- Approved transferring funds to a First Horizon Bank money market account (unanimous)
- Approved interior decorator consulting contract not to exceed $74,000 (unanimous)
- Determined MB Therapy technicians must submit proof of reviewing Ginny Daily's Consent Order
- Approved August 2023 minutes (unanimous)
- Approved meeting agenda (unanimous)
Physical Therapy Board
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The Board approved a multi-year strategic plan and authorized the Real Estate Taskforce to finalize an agreement for new office space. The Board also reorganized its committee structure and approved several financial investments for CD and money market accounts.
- Approved 2024-2026 Strategic Plan (Phil Page abstained, others in favor)
- Authorized investment of $1,048,855 in a new CD or money market account (Unanimous)
- Authorized investment of approximately $151,000 from three CDs into a new CD or money market account for strategic plan funding (Unanimous)
- Dissolved Rules and Legislative Committees and created the Practice Act Committee (Unanimous)
- Charged Real Estate Taskforce to finalize agreement for new building within budget (Unanimous)
- Approved FAQ responses for publication on the board website (Unanimous)
- Approved August 24, 2023 agenda (Unanimous)
- Approved April 2023 minutes (Unanimous)
Physical Therapy Board
This is a notice of a meeting of the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board, to be held in person at their Lafayette office with virtual viewing available. The agenda is available on the board's website, and the document provides only procedural information with no specific agenda items listed.
- Meeting location: 2110 W. Pinhook Dr, Suite 202, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
- Virtual viewing option offered
- Accommodations available upon request for disabilities
- Agenda available at www.laptboard.org
The Board unanimously approved consent orders for case# 2022-I-019 and case# 2022-I-032 following executive sessions. The Board also approved a response regarding supervision ratios for Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs).
- Approved agenda as amended (unanimous)
- Approved March 2023 minutes (unanimous)
- Approved consent order for case# 2022-I-019 (unanimous)
- Approved consent order for case# 2022-I-032 (unanimous)
- Approved Legislative Committee response regarding PTA supervision ratios
Physical Therapy Board
This document is a notice of a meeting of the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board. It states that meetings are held in-person at 2110 W. Pinhook Dr, Suite 202, Lafayette, LA, and may be viewed virtually. The agenda is available at www.laptboard.org. No specific agenda items are listed in this notice.
- Meeting location: 2110 W. Pinhook Dr, Suite 202, Lafayette, LA 70508
- Virtual attendance option available
- Agenda available at www.laptboard.org
- Special accommodations for disabilities available upon request
Physical Therapy Board
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The Board revoked the license of Alexander Clay Cocke and established requirements for any future reinstatement application. The Board also approved licensure fee refunds for two applicants and authorized the Executive Director to negotiate a lease agreement.
- Revoked physical therapy license of Alexander Clay Cocke (unanimous)
- Approved licensure fee refunds for A. Stelly and E. Breard (unanimous)
- Authorized Executive Director to begin lease agreement negotiations (unanimous)
- Approved January 2023 minutes (unanimous)
- Approved February 1, 2023 agenda (unanimous)
Physical Therapy Board
The agenda for this meeting contains only procedural boilerplate and no specific decisions or discussions are listed. The meeting is held in-person with virtual option.
The board approved the FY 2023-2024 budget and made several amendments to the FY 2022-2023 budget to increase funding for legal fees, investigator fees, and payroll. The board also approved two consent orders and established a standing Discipline Committee.
- Approved FY 2023-2024 budget (unanimous)
- Increased FY 2022-2023 legal fees for Celia Cangelosi to $90,000 and Jim Raines to $100,000 (unanimous)
- Increased FY 2022-2023 investigator fees to $55,000 (unanimous)
- Approved $5K per person for 6 individuals to attend CLEAR Congress in Dublin, Ireland (unanimous)
- Approved Consent Orders for Philip pe Veeters and Lorrain Doucet (unanimous)
- Created Discipline Committee as a standing committee and disbanded the taskforce (unanimous)
- Accepted updated monitoring policy (unanimous)
- Elected Judith Halverson as chairman and Katie Brittain as Secretary/Treasurer for 2023 (unanimous)