ComplaintsforBeeson Wellness Center

• Initial Complaint

  02/06/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  This business is advertising physical therapy services with no certified physical therapist on staff. It is false advertising and dangerous. *** is a shame.

  

  Business response

  02/13/2023

  Dear BBB thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. We make every effort to be transparent with our practices that fall within our scope of practice. Please see our response below. I hope this resolves this matter. 

   

   

  Physical Therapy is not a practice exclusive to physical therapists. See ORS ******* 2a below of physiotherapy in the chiropractic scope of practice. ************* as defined in Dorlands Medical dictionary is physical therapy. In addition the ************************************* and the ******************* of ************* both define physiotherapy as physical therapy. 
  
       ORS ******* Definitions. As used in this chapter:
       (1) Active senior means a person who:
       (a) Is licensed under ORS 684.054;
       (b) Is at least 60 years of age; and
       (c) Has been in practice for 25 years or more.
        (2)Chiropractic is defined as:
       (a) That system of adjusting with the hands the articulations of the bony framework of the human body, and the employment and practice of physiotherapy, electrotherapy,hydrotherapy and minor surgery.
       (b) The chiropractic diagnosis, treatment and prevention of body dysfunction;correction, maintenance of the structural and functional integrity of the neuro-musculoskeletal system and the effects thereof or interferences therewith by the utilization of all recognized and accepted chiropractic diagnostic procedures and the employment of all rational therapeutic measures as taught in approved chiropractic colleges.
       (3) Chiropractic physician means a person licensed by ORS *******, 684.025,684.100, ******* or ******* to ******* and this section as an attending physician.
       (4) Drugs means all medicines and preparations and all substances, except over-the-counter nonprescription substances, food, water and nutritional supplements taken orally, used or intended to be used for the diagnosis, cure,treatment, mitigation or prevention of diseases or abnormalities of humans,which are recognized in the latest editions of the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary,or any supplement to any of them, or otherwise established as drugs.
       (5) Minor surgery means the use of electrical or other methods for the surgical repair and care incident thereto of superficial lacerations and abrasions, benign superficial lesions, and the removal of foreign bodies located in the superficial structures; and the use of antiseptics and local anesthetics in connection therewith. [Amended by **** c.541 2; **** c.492 1;1987 c.726 1; **** c.493 1; **** c.264 4; **** c.627 17; 2007 c.618 1;2009 c.697 9; 2009 c.756 49]
  
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  The terms physical therapy and physiotherapy, and the terms physical therapist and physiotherapist, are synonymous.
  Sources:Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, 2nd Edition (****), A Normative Model of Physical Therapist ******************** Version 2007
  
  The ******************* for ************* (WCPT) define physiotherapy as: Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/intervention,habilitation and rehabilitation.
  

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