WAC 246-915-370   Electroneuromyographic examinations education and training.  A physical therapist may perform electroneuromyographic (EMG) examinations, which may include needle EMG and nerve conduction studies, to test neuromuscular function only if the physical therapist has received a referral from an authorized health care practitioner identified in RCW 18.74.010(7) and only upon demonstrating education and training in EMG examinations. The board will accept the following as evidence of education and training:

     (1) A minimum of four hundred hours of instruction in electroneuromyographic examinations including at least two hundred needle EMG studies under direct supervision from a qualified provider. A qualified provider includes a physical therapist with board certification in clinical electrophysiology from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, a neurologist, or a physiatrist; or

     (2) A person who is board certified in clinical electrophysiology from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties meets the requirements of this section; or

     (3) A written attestation submitted prior to July 1, 2007, by a physical therapist licensed in Washington demonstrating that the physical therapist has education and experience acceptable to the board to perform EMG examinations.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.74.023, 18.74.010(11), and18.74.160 . 06-18-044, § 246-915-370, filed 8/30/06, effective 9/30/06.]