This chapter may be cited as the Physical Therapy Practice Act....
Board as used in this chapter means the Physical Therapy Board of California....
The Physical Therapy Board of California, hereafter referred to as the board, shall enforce and administer this chapter. This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2007, and, as...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Physical Therapy Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the...
The members of the board consist of the following: one physical therapist involved in the education of physical therapists, three physical therapists who shall have practiced physical...
The members of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years, expiring on the first day of June of each year. The Governor shall appoint one of the public members and the...
The public members shall be appointed from persons having all of the following qualifications: (a) Be a citizen of California. (b) Shall not be an officer or faculty member of...
It shall be the duty of the board to examine applicants for a license as provided by this chapter, at those places and times as shall be designated by the board in its discretion. It...
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
The board may employ, subject to law, such clerical assistants and, except as provided in Section 159.5, other employees as it may deem necessary to carry out its powers and duties. The...
The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board...
The procedure in all matters and proceedings relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses under this chapter shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 5...
Each member of the board, or any licensed physical therapist appointed by the board, may inspect, or require reports from, a general or specialized hospital or any other...
The board shall issue, suspend, and revoke licenses and approvals to practice physical therapy as provided in this chapter....
The board shall hold at least one regular meeting annually in the Cities of Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The board may convene from time to time until its business...
Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title...
The board may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of any examination as provided in this chapter, who shall be designated as a commissioner on examination. A...
(a) The board shall hear all matters, including but not limited to, any contested case or any petition for reinstatement, restoration, or modification of probation. Except as...
The board shall from time to time adopt regulations that may be necessary to effectuate this chapter. In adopting regulations the board shall comply with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with...
Physical therapy means the art and science of physical or corrective rehabilitation or of physical or corrective treatment of any bodily or mental condition of any person by the use...
A physical therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter may apply topical medications as part of the practice of physical therapy as defined in Section 2620 if he or she complies...
A physical therapist may, upon specified authorization of a physician and surgeon, perform tissue penetration for the purpose of evaluating neuromuscular performance as a part of the...
(a) A physical therapist shall document his or her evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of treatment in the patient record. (b) A physical therapist shall document the care...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a physical therapist to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized by Section 2620....
Physical therapist, or physiotherapist, or physical therapy technician means a person who practices physical therapy. For all purposes of this chapter the term physical...
It is unlawful for any person or persons to practice, or offer to practice, physical therapy in this state for compensation received or expected, or to hold himself or herself out as...
All licenses for the practice of physical therapy in this state shall be issued by the board, and all applications for the licenses shall be filed with the board. Excepting as...
A person holding a license as a physical therapist issued by the board may use the title physical therapist or the letters P.T. or any other words, letters or figures which indicate...
The board may investigate each and every applicant for a license, before a license is issued, in order to determine whether or not the applicant has in fact the qualifications required...
Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall, at the time of application, be a person over 18 years of age, not addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance, have...
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall receive a license under this chapter without first successfully passing an examination given under the direction of the board....
Examinations for a license as a physical therapist may be conducted by the board under a uniform examination system, and for that purpose the board may make any arrangements...
(a) An applicant may be issued a license without a written examination if he or she meets all of the following: (1) He or she is at the time of application licensed or registered as a...
Every applicant who is otherwise qualified as provided in this chapter and who receives a passing grade as established by the board on the examination shall be granted a license....
Any applicant for licensure as a physical therapist who fails to pass the examination required by the board may take another examination and shall pay the reexamination fee....
Every graduate of an approved physical therapist education program who has filed a complete application for licensure with the board for the first time may, following receipt of a...
(a) If the board uses computer administered testing for the administration of the licensing examination, this section shall apply and Section 2639 shall not apply. (b) Every graduate of...
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each applicant for a license as a physical therapist shall be a graduate of a professional degree program of an...
During the period of clinical practice referred to in Section 2650 or in any similar period of observation or related educational experience involving recipients of physical therapy, a person...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of professional instruction in an approved physical therapist education program...
The board may approve only those physical therapist education programs that prove to the satisfaction of the board that they comply with the minimum physical therapy educational...
All physical therapist education programs, whether situated in this state or not, furnishing courses of study meeting the standards required by Sections 2650 and 2651 and the regulations...
(a) An applicant for a license as a physical therapist who was issued a diploma by a physical therapist education program that is not an approved program and is not located in the...
As used in this article: (a) Physical therapist means a physical therapist licensed by the board. (b) Physical therapist assistant means a person who meets the qualifications stated...
The board shall adopt regulations that set forth standards and requirements for the adequate supervision of physical therapist assistants....
A person holding an approval as a physical therapist assistant issued by the board may use the title physical therapist assistant or physical therapy assistant or the letters P.T.A....
A physical therapist shall not supervise more physical therapist assistants at any one time than in the opinion of the board can be adequately supervised. Two physical therapist assistants shall...
A person seeking approval as a physical therapist assistant shall make application to the board for that approval. Every person applying for approval as a physical therapist assistant...
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall receive approval as a physical therapist assistant without first successfully passing an examination given under the direction of...
Every applicant for approval as a physical therapist assistant who is otherwise qualified as provided in this chapter, and who receives a passing grade, as established by the board,...
Any applicant for approval as a physical therapist assistant who fails to pass the examination given by the board may take another examination and shall pay the reexamination fee....
Notwithstanding Section 2630, a physical therapist assistant may assist in the provision of physical therapy service provided the assistance is rendered under the supervision of...
(a) An applicant may be issued an approval as a physical therapist assistant without written examination if he or she meets all of the following requirements: (1) He or she is at the time...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of instruction in an approved physical therapist assistant education program...
Any person, other than one who has been approved by the board, who holds himself or herself out as a physical therapist assistant or who uses any other term indicating or implying that he or...
(a) The board shall approve each physical therapist assistant education program that proves to the satisfaction of the board that it complies with criteria for approval of those programs set...
Every graduate of an approved physical therapist assistant education program who has filed a complete physical therapist assistant application with the board for the first time...
The board may adopt regulations as reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The board shall adopt a regulation formulating a definition of the term...
(a) If the committee uses computer administered testing for the administration of the examination, this section shall apply and Section 2655.91 shall not apply. (b) Every graduate of an...
The board may, after the conduct of appropriate proceedings under the Administrative Procedure Act, suspend for not more than 12 months, or revoke, or impose probationary conditions...
A patient, client, or customer of a licentiate under this chapter is conclusively presumed to be incapable of giving free, full, and informed consent to any sexual activity which is a violation...
(a) The board may refuse a license to any applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or sexual activity referred to in Section 2660.1. The board may, in its sole discretion, issue...
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge of a felony or of any offense which substantially relates to the qualifications,...
(a) In any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, the board may request the administrative law judge to direct any licensee found guilty...
(a) The board shall establish a probation monitoring program to monitor probationary licenses. (b) The program may employ nonpeace officer staff to perform its probation monitoring. (c)...
(a) A person whose license or approval has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the Physical Therapy Board of California for reinstatement...
It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose competency is impaired...
The board shall establish and administer a diversion program for the rehabilitation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose competency is impaired due to the abuse of...
(a) Any diversion evaluation committee established by the board shall have at least three members. In making appointments to a diversion evaluation committee, the board shall...
Each diversion evaluation committee has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) The evaluation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who request participation in...
(a) Criteria for acceptance into the diversion program shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant shall be licensed as a physical therapist or approved as a physical therapist...
All board and diversion evaluation committee records and records of proceedings and participation of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in a program shall be confidential...
(a) A fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) may be charged for participation in the program. (b) If the board contracts with any other entity to carry out this section, the...
Participation in a diversion program shall not be a defense to any disciplinary action which may be taken by the board. This section does not preclude the board from...
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in a county...
Whenever any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application...
The board shall keep a record of its proceedings under this chapter, and a register of all persons licensed under it. The register shall show the name of every living licensee, his or...
Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month the board shall report to the State Controller the amount and source of all collections made from persons licensed or seeking to...
There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy Fund. All collections from persons licensed or approved or seeking to be licensed or approved shall be paid by the board into the...
Except as provided in Section 2684, the provisions of Article 19 (commencing with Section 2420) of Chapter 5 apply to the issuance and govern the expiration and renewal of licenses issued...
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2422, any license or approval for the practice of physical therapy shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licensee or holder of...
At least 60 days before the expiration of any license or approval, the board shall mail to each licensee under this chapter, at the latest address furnished by the licensee to...
All fees earned by the board and all fines and forfeitures of bail to which the board is entitled shall be reported at the beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to...
The amount of fees provided in connection with licenses or approvals for the practice of physical therapy is as follows: (a) The application fee for a physical therapist's license...
The board shall submit a report to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the legislature whenever the board increases any fee. The report shall specify the justification...
(a) The board may establish by regulation suitable application and renewal fees of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), for persons certified to perform electromyographical...
A physical therapy corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation...
It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or...
A physical therapy corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute or regulation,...
The name of a physical therapy corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain the words physical therapy or physical therapist, and...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a physical therapy corporation, except an assistant secretary and an...
The income of a physical therapy corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations...
The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including regulations requiring (a) that the bylaws of a physical therapy...