1. (a) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have:

   1. (1) Graduated from a physical therapy program that, in the year of graduation, was:

      1. (i) Approved by the American Physical Therapy Association; or
      2. (ii) Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education; and
   2. (2) Completed satisfactorily the clinical education required by the physical therapy program.
2. (b) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapy program that in the year of graduation had educational requirements equivalent to a degree in physical therapy from a United States program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.

Added by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 1998, c. 767, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 768, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2000, c. 365, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Acts 2004, c. 518, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Acts 2005, c. 80, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2020, c. 575, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020.