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PM & R ASSOCIATES v. W.C.A.B.

No. F032156.

94 Cal.Rptr.2d 887 (2000)

80 Cal.App.4th 357

PM & R ASSOCIATES Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Zenith Insurance Company, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

April 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkins, Drolshagen & Czeshinski, James H. Wilkins, Fresno, and Sean T. O'Rourke, for Petitioner.

Mullen & Filippi, Kristin D. Siemens and Richard L. Morris, for Respondent Zenith Insurance Company.

Neil P. Sullivan, for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Catherine I. Hanson and Astrid G. Meghrigian, San Francisco, for California Medical Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Herbert W. McGuire, Palo Alto, for California Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Robert G. Holderness, Foleom, for The California Chapter of American Physical Therapy Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, J.

In this petition for a writ of review, we are called upon to determine whether a licensed physician in California may use medical assistants to render adjunct services involving concepts of physical therapy to a patient; the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) found such treatment illegal per se because such services may only be rendered personally by the physician, a licensed physical therapist, or by a physical therapy aide...

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