JOSEPH v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF LABOR

Opinion No. 27666.

417 S.C. 436 (2016)

Kristin JOSEPH, P.T., Thomas N. Joseph, M.D., and William G. McCarthy, M.D., Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy, Respondents, and South Carolina Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association, Joseph M. McKowen, PT, Sabrina Queen Bridges, PTA, and Amalia W. Kirby, PTA, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Elizabeth Crum , of McNair Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellants.

Monteith P. Todd , of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, S. Jahue Moore and John C. Bradley, Jr. , both of Moore Taylor Law Firm, of West Columbia, N. Thomas Connally, III , of Hogan Lovells US LLP, of McLean, Virginia and John R. Devlin, Jr. , of Devlin & Parkinson, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents.


This is the latest in a longstanding disagreement regarding how the practice of physical therapy should be regulated in South Carolina. The South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy (the Board) has sided with members of the profession who desire to prevent physical therapists (PTs) from providing treatment as direct employees...

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