1. (a) There is established a Board of Physical Therapy to consist of 7 members appointed by the Mayor.
2. (b) The Board shall regulate the practice of physical therapy, including practice by physical therapist assistants.
3. (c) Of the members of the Board, 4 shall be physical therapists licensed in the District, 2 shall by physical therapy assistants licensed in the District, and 1 shall be a consumer member.
4. (d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of 3 years.
5. (e) Of the members initially appointed under this section, 1 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 2 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 2 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
6. (f) The Board shall be dissolved on the day the Board of Rehabilitative Therapies commences operation pursuant to § 3-1202.23(e).

History

Mar. 25, 1986, D.C. Law 6-99, § 209, 33 DCR 729

Mar. 6, 2007, D.C. Law 16-220, § 2(b), 53 DCR 10216

Mar. 26, 2014, D.C. Law 20-96, § 102(g), 61 DCR 1184

Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-300, § 2(c)

July 19, 2024, D.C. Law 25-191, § 101(l)

Effect of Amendments

The 2014 amendment by D.C. Law 20-96 rewrote (b), which previously read, “The Board shall regulate the practice of physical therapy, including practice by physical therapy assistants.”

D.C. Law 16-220, in subsec. (a), increased the size of the Board of Physical Therapy from 5 members to 7 members; in subsec. (b), inserted “including practice by physical therapy assistants”; and, in subsec. (c), substituted “the District, 2 shall be physical therapy assistants licensed in the District” for “the District”.

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 2-3302.9.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 1-523.01.