fitness to practice physical therapy. No license shall be
granted unless an applicant has attained passing scores
established by the testing agency and published prior to the
administration of the examination. The examination shall be held
at such time and place as the board shall determine. An
applicant who is 90 days from completing the professional study
of physical therapy may sit for the examination if the applicant
verifies with the board that the applicant is 90 days from
graduating from an accredited program as determined by the
board.
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Section 9.1. Physical Therapist Assistant; Education and
Examination; Scope of Duties; Certification.--(a) To be
eligible for certification by the board as a physical therapist
assistant, an applicant must be at least 18 years of age unless
otherwise determined by the board, be of good moral character,
not be addicted to the habitual use of alcohol or narcotics or
other habit-forming drugs, be a graduate of a physical therapist
assistant program adopted by the board, which program has been
approved for the education and training for physical therapist
assistants by the appropriate nationally recognized accrediting
agency and be successful in passing an examination approved by
the board, subject to rules and regulations established by the
board and administered in accordance with section 812.1 of the
act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The
Administrative Code of 1929." Applicants eligible to register
with the board shall be deemed eligible for certification by the
board until such time as the board promulgates any regulation
regarding certification. No applicant shall be certified unless
he has attained passing scores established by the board and
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