PT and Nutrition

[El Curandero]

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If your a PT do you have to be a registered Dietitian to bill nutritional services for your patients?

 

[El Curandero]

No one knows?

 

[okramango]

You might have better luck finding the answer if you post the question in the Physical Therapy forum, rather than the pre-Physical Therapy forum. Most people in this forum haven't started PT school yet, so don't really know what can be billed for as a PT.

 

[mimmerma]

Yes, I believe so. Physical therapists pretty much prescribe exercise and other modalities to improve daily function...they are not registered to prescribe a SPECIFIC diet. Therefore, I am 99% sure that you need to be an R.D. to give SPECIFIC dietary advice.