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

   1. (1) Graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that is:

      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 therapist assistant program.
2. (b) If an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license has been educated in limited physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that in the year of graduation has educational requirements equivalent to a degree in limited physical therapy from a program in the United States 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 2020, c. 575, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020.

Formerly Art. 43, § 610.