---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy"
description: "State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Maryland HB 210 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhandari"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef859ef7-0aeb-4db0-91cf-487ed44da077"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0210?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bca5d880d58f16246dfc0380b374b69726189020c989e86b8a8fd8141709e820"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 210 (2021) — State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb0210t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0210f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Temporary Licenses to Practice Physical Therapy and Limited Physical Therapy** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0210t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bhandari — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 473 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef859ef7-0aeb-4db0-91cf-487ed44da077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).