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PRINTER'S NO. 3945
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2617
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY C. QUINN, MILLARD, JAMES, BARRAR, PICKETT, WATSON,
DRISCOLL AND WHEELAND, SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), entitled
"An act relating to the practice of physical therapy,"
further providing for qualifications for license and
examinations for physical therapists and physical therapist
assistants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 6(b) and 9.1(a) of the act of October
10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy
Practice Act, are amended to read:
Section 6. Qualifications for License; Examinations; Failure
of Examinations; Licensure Without Examination; Issuing of
License; Foreign Applicants for Licensure; Temporary License;
Perjury.--* * *
(b) An applicant for licensure must pass an examination
approved by the board which shall test the applicant's knowledge
of the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to physical
therapy theory and physical therapy procedures and such other
subjects as the board may deem necessary to test the applicant's
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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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published prior to the administration of the examination. An
applicant who is 90 days from completing the education required
for a physical therapist assistant 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 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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