California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Business and Professions Code - BPC |
Division 2. HEALING ARTS |
Chapter 5.7. Physical Therapy |
ARTICLE 4.5. Physical Therapist Assistant |
Section 2655.11.
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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." or any other words, letters, or figures that indicate that the person is an approved physical therapist assistant. No other person shall be so designated or shall use the term "physical therapist assistant" or "P.T.A." The approval as a physical therapist assistant shall not authorize the use of the prefix "L.P.T.," "R.P.T.," "P.T.," or "Dr." or the title "physical therapist," "doctor," or any suffix or affix indicating or implying that the physical therapist assistant is a physical therapist or a doctor.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 970, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1999.)