§ 13-303. Qualifications -- Physical therapists

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

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

      (i) The American Medical Association;

      (ii) The American Physical Therapy Association; or

      (iii) The Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education; and

   (2) Completed satisfactorily the clinical training required by the physical therapy curriculum.

(b) Educated outside of any state. -- 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 of Physical Therapy Education.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 610; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1998, chs. 767, 768; 2000, ch. 365; 2004, ch. 518; 2005, ch. 80.