Section 2655.71.

(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 of application approved, licensed, or registered as a physical therapist assistant in a state, district, or territory of the United States having, in the opinion of the board, requirements for approval, licensing, or registration equal to or higher than those in California, and he or she has passed, to the satisfaction of the board, an examination for that approval, licensing or registration that is, in the opinion of the board, comparable to the examination used in this state.

(2) He or she is a graduate of a physical therapist assistant education program approved by the board or has graduated from a program determined by the board to be equivalent, or as meeting the evaluative criteria for accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association.

(3) He or she files an application as provided in Section 2655.3.

(b) An applicant who has filed a physical therapist assistant application for the first time may assist in the provision of physical therapy in accordance with Section 2655.91.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 830, Sec. 7.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)