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California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.3 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context otherwise requires, for the purpose of the
				  regulations contained in this chapter,
(a) "Board" means the Physical Therapy Board
				of California;
(b) "Code" means the
				Business and Professions Code;
(c)
				"The Physical Therapy Practice Act" consists of Chapter 5.7, of Division 2, of
				the Business and Professions Code.
(d) "License" as used in these regulations
				includes a license issued by the Board.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a),
				  repealing subsection (b) and (c), and renumbering subsections filed 9-11-97
				  pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment filed 12-19-2002;
				  operative 1-18-2003 (Register 2002, No. 51).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending subsection (d) filed 9-21-2015 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2015, No. 39).
5. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending NOTE filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2601,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.4 - Delegation of Functions

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Except for those powers reserved exclusively to the "agency
				  itself" under the Administrative Procedure Act (Section
				  11500 et seq. of the Government
				  Code), the board delegates and confers upon the executive officer of the board,
				  or in his or her absence, the assistant executive officer of the board or other
				  designee of the executive officer, all functions necessary to the dispatch of
				  business of the board in connection with investigative and administrative
				  proceedings under the jurisdiction of the board.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Amendment filed 11-16-92; operative 12-16-92 (Register 92,
				  No. 47).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
4. Amendment filed 3-8-2000;
				  operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
5. Amendment of section
				  and NOTE filed 7-17-2012; operative 8-16-2012 (Register 2012, No.
				  29).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
				  7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2607,
					 2607.5,
					 2608
					 and
					 2614,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Sections
					 11500 and
					 11415.60,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.5 - Continuation of Existing Regulations. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.10 - Advertising

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A physical therapist may advertise the provision of any
				  services authorized to be provided by a physical therapy license. Such
				  advertising shall be in a manner authorized by Section
				  651 of the Code so long as such
				  advertising does not promote the excessive or unnecessary use of such
				  services.
1. New section
				  filed 2-28-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No.
				  9).
2. Amendment filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 651
					 and
					 2660,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.11 - Physical Therapy Aide, Applicant and Student Identification

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Pursuant to Section
				  680 of the code, each supervising
				  licensed physical therapist shall require all physical therapy aides,
				  applicants and students performing patient related tasks under his or her
				  supervision to display while working his or her name and working title on a
				  name tag in at least 18-point type.
1. New section
				  filed 1-25-2001; operative 2-24-2001 (Register 2001, No. 4).
2.
				  Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and section filed
				  9-21-2015 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2015, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 680
					 and
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 680,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.12 - Related Health Sciences

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A physical therapy related health science for purposes of
				  Code section
				  2633, subdivision (b), includes
				  the following: any neuroscience and any anatomical, behavioral, biomedical,
				  physiological, and movement sciences. These sciences specifically include, but
				  are not limited to, biology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, gerontology,
				  human development, kinesiology, pathology, pathomechanics, pharmacology and
				  psychology.
1. New section
				  filed 3-24-2009; operative 4-23-2009 (Register 2009, No.
				  13).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2633,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2633
					 and
					 2650,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.13 - Patient Records

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(a) A
				physical therapist shall document and sign in the patient record the following
				in accordance with subsection (c):
(1)
				Examination and re-examination
(2)
				Evaluation and reevaluation
(3)
				Diagnosis
(4) Prognosis and
				intervention
(5) Treatment plan and
				modification of the plan of care
(6) Each treatment provided by the physical
				therapist or a physical therapy aide
(7) Discharge Summary
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 1398.15 - Notice to Consumers

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(a)
				A licensed physical therapist engaged in the practice of physical therapy shall
				provide Form NTC 12-01, August 2, 2012, to each patient.
(b) The notice required by this section shall
				be provided by at least one of the following methods:
(1) Prominently posting Form NTC 12-01,
				August 2, 2012, in an area visible to patients on the premises where the
				licensee provides the licensed services; or,
(2) Providing the patient or the patient's
				representative with a copy of Form NTC-1201, August 2, 2012. An
				acknowledgement, signed and dated by the patient or the patient's
				representative, shall be retained in that patient's medical records
				demonstrating receipt.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 1.5 - License Status › Section 1398.18 - Retired License Status

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(a) For the purposes of this section,
				"disciplinary reasons" means that the applicant's practice was restricted by
				order of the Board for violations of the Physical Therapy Practice Act,
				Physical Therapy Regulations, or Section
				822 of the Code, including orders
				resulting from:
(1) an accusation filed
				pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
				11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of
				Title 2 of the Government Code seeking to revoke, suspend, or place the license
				on probation; or,
(2) an interim
				suspension order filed pursuant to Section
				494 of the
				Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.20 - Place of Filing

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Completed applications for all licenses and certifications
				  shall be filed in the office of the board in Sacramento.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27.)
2. Amendment filed 5-15-91; operative 6-14-91 (Register 91, No.
				  26).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
4. Amendment of section heading
				  and section filed 3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No.
				  10).
5. Amendment filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-18-2003 (Register
				  2002, No. 51).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE
				  filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2634,
					 2635,
					 2636.5,
					 2638,
					 2639,
					 2639.1
					 and
					 2653,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.21 - Abandonment of Applications

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An application shall be denied without prejudice when, in the
				  discretion of the board, an applicant does not exercise due diligence in the
				  completion of his or her application, in furnishing additional information or
				  documents requested in or in the payment of any required
				  fees.
1. New section
				  filed 3-20-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
				  12).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending NOTE filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2602,
					 2634,
					 2635,
					 2636.5,
					 2639
					 and
					 2639.1,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.21.1 - Failure to Pass the Examination

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An application for licensure shall be deemed denied without
				  prejudice when an applicant fails to pass the examination within one year from
				  the date of the original notice to appear for the examination. To reapply, the
				  applicant is then required to file a new application for licensure, to pay the
				  application fee specified in Section
				  1399.50(a),
				  1399.50(b) or
				  1399.52(a) and
				  1399.52(b) as
				  applicable, and to comply with all laws and regulations in effect at the time
				  of filing. In addition the applicant is required to apply for reexamination and
				  to pay the applicable reexamination fee pursuant to Business and Professions
				  Code Section
				  2688.
1. New section
				  filed 11-20-95; operative 12-20-95 (Register 95, No. 47).
2.
				  Amendment filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-18-2003 (Register 2002, No.
				  51).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE
				  filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2605,
					 2634,
					 2635,
					 2636,
					 2638
					 and
					 2639,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.22 - Failure to Appear for Examination-Withdrawal of Application. [Repealed]

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1. New section
				  filed 3-20-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
				  12).
2. Amendment filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Repealer filed 3-8-2000; operative
				  4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2588,
					 2602,
					 2636,
					 2639
					 and
					 2655.4,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.23 - Failure to Pay Initial License Fee

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An application shall be deemed to have been abandoned and any
				  examination taken not passed if an applicant fails to pay the initial license
				  fee within five years after notification by the board. An applicant whose
				  application has been deemed abandoned may again be eligible for licensure upon
				  re-examination and the filing of an updated application with the current
				  application fee.
1. New section
				  filed 3-20-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
				  12).
2. Amendment filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  section filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
4. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending NOTE filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2688,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.24 - Review of Physical Therapist Applications; Processing Time. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Renumbering
				  of former Section
				  1398.24 to Section
				  1398.26 and new Section
				  1398.24 filed 9-8-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 37).
2. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment filed 3-8-2000;
				  operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect repealing section filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 2632,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.25 - Credentials Evaluation Services

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In accordance with Section
				  2653 of the code, the board will
				  accept reports from credentials evaluation services which meet all of the
				  following criteria:
(a) The service
				retains the services of a physical therapist consultant(s) who is licensed as a
				physical therapist in a state or territory of the United States and is used in
				an advisory capacity to review individual cases for comparability to the
				educational and training requirements of Section
				2650 of the code for hours and
				content.
(b) The service is able to
				document the experience of its employees by producing positive letters of
				reference from other state licensing agencies, educational institutions or
				professional organizations.
(c) The
				service is able to submit a report to the board that shall be based on a review
				of original documentation of an applicant's credentials and shall document the
				following:
(1) The equivalent professional
				degree the foreign applicant would have received from an accredited physical
				therapist education program located in the United States.
(2) Whether completion of the foreign
				applicant's physical therapist education and training entitles the foreign
				applicant to practice as a physical therapist in the country where the
				education and training was completed.
(3) Whether the foreign applicant
				demonstrated English proficiency in accordance with section
				1398.26.3.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.26 - Applications of Foreign Educated Graduates

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(a) Persons applying under Section
				2653 of the code shall cause to be
				submitted to an evaluation service, which meets the Board's requirements in
				section 1398.25, a complete transcript of
				the resident course of professional instruction completed which has been
				authenticated by the proper official of the physical therapist education
				program, and submitted directly by the physical therapist education program to
				the evaluation service. Credentials submitted in a language other than English
				shall be accompanied by an original translation certified by a qualified
				translator other than the applicant.
(b) Where because of circumstances beyond his
				or her control an applicant is unable to furnish any of the credentials
				required under subsection (a) above, the board may in its discretion accept
				other documents which it deems sufficient to establish the applicant's
				eligibility.
1. Amendment
				  of subsection (g) filed 5-10-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
				  78, No. 19).
2. Amendment filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day
				  thereafter (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Renumbering of former Section
				  1398.24 to Section
				  1398.26 filed 9-8-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 37).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
5. Amendment of section heading
				  and section filed 3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No.
				  10).
6. Repealer of subsections (c)-(d) filed 12-9-2004; operative
				  1-8-2005 (Register 2004, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2653,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2653,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.26.1 - Satisfactory Documentary Evidence of Equivalent Foreign Education for Licensure as a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This section is
				only applicable to those applicants who are graduates of non-accredited
				physical therapy educational programs that are not located in the United States
				and applying for licensure on or after the effective date of this
				regulation.
(b) For the purposes of
				determining educational equivalency for physical therapist licensure, the
				credential evaluation services will evaluate foreign educational credentials
				based on the appropriate Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy's
				(FSBPT) Coursework Evaluation Tool For Foreign Educated Physical Therapists
				(CWT) in accordance with subsection (e).
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), if an
				applicant was evaluated utilizing the CWT described in paragraph (6) of
				subdivision (e), the board shall accept that evaluation in lieu of the
				corresponding CWT.
(d) For the
				purposes of determining educational equivalency for physical therapist
				assistant licensure, the credential evaluation services will evaluate foreign
				educational credentials based on the Coursework Tool for Foreign Educated
				Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA Tool) in accordance with subsection
				(e).
(e) For the purpose of this
				regulation, the following publications are incorporated by reference:
(1) FSBPT Coursework Tool For Foreign
				Educated Physical Therapists Who Graduated before 1978--CWT 1 (Rev.
				2014-11).
(2) FSBPT Coursework Tool
				For Foreign Educated Physical Therapists Who Graduated From 1978 to 1991--CWT 2
				(Rev. 2014-11).
(3) FSBPT
				Coursework Tool For Foreign Educated Physical Therapists Who Graduated From
				1992 to 1997--CWT 3 (Rev. 2014-11).
(4) FSBPT Coursework Tool For Foreign
				Educated Physical Therapists Who Graduated From 1998 to June 30, 2009--CWT 4
				(Rev. 2015-05 Summary).
(5) FSBPT
				Coursework Tool For Foreign Educated Physical Therapists Who Graduated after
				June 30, 2009 to December 31, 2016--CWT 5 (Rev. 2014-11).
(6) FSBPT Coursework Tool For Foreign
				Educated Physical Therapists--CWT 6 (Rev. 2016-10) for implementation January
				1, 2017.
(7) FSBPT Coursework Tool
				For Physical Therapist Assistants--PTA Tool 1 (Rev. 2012-12).
(8) FSBPT Coursework Tool for Physical
				Therapist Assistants--PTA Tool 2 Implementation Date February 15,
				2017.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.26.3 - English Proficiency

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In accordance with Section
				  2653 of the code, an applicant who
				  graduated from a physical therapist education program that is not approved by
				  the board and is not located in the United States must demonstrate English
				  proficiency by achieving the following minimum scores within a single
				  administration of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):
(1) Reading Section -- 22
(2) Listening Section -- 21
(3) Writing Section -- 22
(4) Speaking Section -- 24.
1. New section
				  filed 5-8-2017; operative 7-1-2017 (Register 2017, No.
				  19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2653,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.27 - Review of Foreign Educated Physical Therapist Applications; Processing Time. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New section
				  filed 9-8-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  37).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section heading
				  and section filed 3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No.
				  10).
4. Change without regulatory effect repealing section filed
				  7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 2632,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 2 - Applications and Examinations › Section 1398.28 - Written Examination

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(a)
				The uniform examination utilized by the board for the licensure of physical
				therapists is the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy's examination
				for physical therapists.
(b) The
				uniform examination utilized by the board for the licensure of physical
				therapist assistants is the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy's
				examination for physical therapist assistants.
1. Amendment
				  filed 4-16-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
				  16).
2. Repealer of subsection (c) filed 6-29-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Amendment of
				  subsections (a) and (b) filed 4-20-90; operative 5-20-90 (Register 90, No.
				  21).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
5. Amendment filed 3-8-2000;
				  operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
6. Amendment of
				  subsection (b) filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-18-2003 (Register 2002, No.
				  51).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
				  7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 851
					 and
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 851,
					 2605
					 and
					 2636,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.30 - Approved Physical Therapist Educational Programs

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Only those educational programs which
				meet the requirements set forth in Section
				1398.31 shall be approved by the
				board for professional education in physical therapy. The executive officer
				shall maintain on file at the board's Sacramento office a list of approved
				education programs.
(b) If, at the
				time of graduation, the physical therapy educational program from which the
				applicant for licensure graduated was an approved program as set forth in
				Section 1398.31, the applicant's
				educational program shall be considered to satisfy the requirements of Section
				1398.30(a).
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section heading
				  and section filed 3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No.
				  10).
4. Amendment of section heading and section filed 4-14-2005;
				  operative 5-14-2005 (Register 2005, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2635,
					 2650
					 and
					 2651,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.31 - Criteria for Approval of Physical Therapy Schools

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(a) Physical therapy educational programs
				shall be established in post-secondary educational institutions accredited by a
				national association or agency recognized by the Council on Post-Secondary
				Accreditation and/or the U.S. Department of Education.
(b) The physical therapy educational program
				shall be accredited by the agency or organization recognized by the Council on
				Post-Secondary Accreditation or the U.S. Department of Education.
(c) Teaching programs of not less than 1400
				hours duration also may be established in hospitals for students whose
				preliminary education meets the requirements of Section
				2650 of the code, providing the
				physical therapy education program is accredited as set forth in subsection
				(b).
(d) Nothing in this section
				shall be construed to prevent the board from approving a school or training
				program which is not approved or from not approving a school or training
				program which is approved by one of the above-mentioned entities.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d)
				  filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending subsections (a) and (b) filed 9-21-2015 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2015, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2635,
					 2650
					 and
					 2651,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.32 - Services and Facilities. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.33 - Faculty. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.34 - Curriculum. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.37 - Identification and Supervision of Physical Therapist Students Defined

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(a) When rendering
				physical therapy services as part of academic training, a physical therapy
				student shall only be identified as a "physical therapist student." When
				rendering physical therapy services, the required identification shall be
				clearly visible and include his or her name and working title in at least
				18-point type.
(b) The "clinical
				instructor" or the "supervisor" shall be the physical therapist supervising the
				physical therapist student while practicing physical therapy.
(c) The supervising physical therapist shall
				provide on-site supervision of the assigned patient care rendered by the
				physical therapist student.
(d) The
				physical therapist student shall document each treatment in the patient record,
				along with his or her signature. The clinical instructor or supervising
				physical therapist shall countersign with his or her first initial and last
				name all entries in the patient's record on the same day as patient related
				tasks were provided by the physical therapist student.
1. New section
				  filed 4-16-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
				  16).
2. Amendment filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 83, No. 27).
3. Amendment of section heading, section and
				  NOTE filed 12-23-2002; operative 1-22-2003 (Register 2002, No.
				  52).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading,
				  section and NOTE filed 9-21-2015 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2015, No. 39).
5. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending NOTE filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2633.7,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 3 - Physical Therapy Schools › Section 1398.38 - Criteria for Approval of Physical Therapy Facilities to Supervise the Clinical Service of Foreign Educated Applicants

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Pursuant to Section
				  2653 of the code in order to be
				  approved as a facility in which a foreign educated applicant may complete a
				  period of clinical service, each physical therapy facility shall complete a
				  form entitled
Clinical Site Information Form (CSIF)
, as
				  developed by the American Physical Therapy Association and revised on 11-01-99,
				  hereby incorporated by reference, certifying that the facility has the
				  staffing, clinical experiences, and clinical instruction to provide physical
				  therapy clinical experience for the foreign educated physical therapist
				  applicant for licensure. The
CSIF
shall be submitted to the
				  Board accompanied by the Board's
Notice of Intent to Supervise a
				  Foreign Educated Physical Therapist
", form F1B, revised January 2005,
				  hereby incorporated by reference. For each foreign educated applicant, both
				  forms shall be complete and signed in order for the physical therapy facility
				  to be approved by the Board.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
2. Amendment of section heading and first paragraph filed
				  3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
3. Amendment
				  of section heading, first paragraph and subsection (d) filed 9-18-2000;
				  operative 10-18-2000 (Register 2000, No. 38).
4. Amendment filed
				  4-21-2005; operative 5-21-2005 (Register 2005, No.
				  16).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2650
					 and
					 2653,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.40 - Definitions. [Repealed]

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1. Amendment
				  filed 10-19-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  43).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)
				  filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Repealer filed 3-8-2000;
				  operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2655.11,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2655,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.41 - Applications for Approval as an Assistant. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2655.11,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.42 - Review of Physical Therapist Assistant Applications; Processing Time. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  and new section filed 9-8-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83,
				  No. 37).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
				  9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment filed 3-8-2000;
				  operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 10).
4. Amendment filed
				  12-19-2002; operative 1-18-2003 (Register 2002, No. 51).
5. Change
				  without regulatory effect repealing section filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code. Reference: Section
					 2655.3,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 15376,
					 Government Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.43 - Qualifications of Supervisor. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 9-8-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  37).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2655.1
					 and
					 2655.2,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.44 - Adequate Supervision Defined

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(a) "Adequate supervision" of a physical
				therapist assistant shall mean supervision that complies with this section. A
				physical therapist shall at all times be responsible for all physical therapy
				services provided by the physical therapist assistant and shall ensure that the
				physical therapist assistant does not function autonomously. The physical
				therapist has a continuing responsibility to follow the progress of each
				patient, and is responsible for determining which elements of a treatment plan
				may be assigned to a physical therapist assistant.
(b) A physical therapist who performs the
				initial evaluation of a patient shall be the physical therapist of record for
				that patient. The physical therapist of record shall remain as such until a
				reassignment of that patient to another physical therapist of record has
				occurred. The physical therapist of record shall ensure that a written system
				of transfer to the succeeding physical therapist exists.
(c) The physical therapist of record shall
				provide supervision and direction to the physical therapist assistant in the
				treatment of patients to whom the physical therapist assistant is providing
				care. The physical therapist assistant shall be able to identify, and
				communicate with, the physical therapist of record at all times during the
				treatment of a patient.
(d) A
				physical therapist assistant shall not:
(1)
				Perform measurement, data collection or care prior to the evaluation of the
				patient by the physical therapist
(2) Document patient evaluation and
				reevaluation
(3) Write a discharge
				summary
(4) Establish or change a
				plan of care
(5) Write progress
				reports to another health care professional, as distinguished from daily chart
				notes
(6) Be the sole physical
				therapy representative in any meeting with other health care professionals
				where the patient's plan of care is assessed or may be modified.
(7) Supervise a physical therapy aide
				performing patient-related tasks
(8) Provide treatment if the physical
				therapist assistant holds a management position in the physical therapy
				business where the care is being provided. For purposes of this section,
				"management position" shall mean a position that has control or influence over
				scheduling, hiring, or firing.
The prohibitions in subsection (d) above shall not prohibit a
				  physical therapist assistant from collecting and documenting data,
				  administering standard tests, or taking measurements related to patient
				  status.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.45 - Withdrawal of Approval as a Physical Therapist Assistant. [Repealed]

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1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2655.11,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.46 - Withdrawal of Approval as a Supervisor. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Repealer
				  filed 6-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  27).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 2615
					 and
					 2655.11,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 4 - Physical Therapist Assistant › Section 1398.47 - Equivalent Training or Experience

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(a) Training and experience considered
				equivalent to that obtained in an approved physical therapist assistant school
				shall be acquired in one of the following ways:
(1) Military training, consisting of
				satisfactory completion of a basic hospital corps member course and of a formal
				physical therapist assistant course that includes a minimum of 550 hours of
				technical courses relating to physical therapy, and 350 hours of supervised
				clinical experience. In addition, the applicant shall complete the general
				education requirements described in subsection (c).
(2) A combination of training and 36 months
				of full-time work experience in physical therapy described in subsection (b).
				Training shall consist of satisfactory completion of 30 semester units or 40
				quarter units of instruction in a variety of the following technical areas:
				Human anatomy and physiology, including laboratory experience; kinesiology and
				topographical anatomy; first-aid; basic principles of electromagnetism,
				mechanics and thermodynamics, biomechanics, and massage; application of
				therapeutic exercise and modalities for the physically disabled; survey of
				pathophysiological conditions resulting from injury or disease; ethics; and
				laws relating to physical therapy. In addition, the applicant shall complete
				the general education requirements described in subsection (c). The applicant
				shall have obtained a grade of "c" or better in all technical coursework to be
				accepted for licensure as a physical therapist assistant. Eighteen (18) months
				of the work experience shall be in providing patient related tasks under the
				orders, direction and immediate supervision of a physical therapist in an acute
				care inpatient facility.
(3)
				Successful completion of professional education described in section
				2650 of the
				code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 5 - Physical Therapist Assistant Schools › Section 1398.50 - Approved Physical Therapist Assistant Education Programs

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Those education programs which meet the requirements of
				  Section 1398.51 shall be approved by the
				  board for the training of physical therapist assistants. The executive officer
				  shall maintain on file at the board's office a list of approved education
				  programs.
1. Repealer of
				  Article 5 (Sections
				  1398.50-1398.54) and new Article 5
				  (Sections 1398.50 and
				  1398.51) filed 6-29-83; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 27).
2. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section filed 9-11-97 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section heading,
				  section and NOTE filed 3-8-2000; operative 4-7-2000 (Register 2000, No.
				  10).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
				  7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2651,
					 Business and Professions Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.2 - Physical Therapy Board of California › Article 5 - Physical Therapist Assistant Schools › Section 1398.51 - Criteria for Approval of Physical Therapist Assistant Schools

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(a) Physical
				therapist assistant training programs shall be established in post-secondary
				educational institutions accredited by a regional association recognized by the
				U.S. Department of Education or the Council on Post-Secondary
				Accreditation.
(b) The physical
				therapist assistant training program shall be accredited by the appropriate
				agency or organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the
				Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation.
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 7-6-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2615,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 2651,
					 Business and Professions Code.