2023 - Newly Adopted Laws and Regulations—Physical Therapy Board of California

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Satisfactory Documentary Evidence of Equivalent Foreign Education for Licensure as a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant

Amends section 1398.26.1 of Article 2 of Division 13.2, Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR).

This regulation include tools for evaluating current education equivalency of those graduates from a non-accredited foreign physical therapy program and authorizes the Board to accept Coursework Tool (CWT) 6, in lieu of the corresponding CWT 1-5, and authorizes the Board to accept the Coursework Tool for Physical Therapist Assistants (PTA Tool 2) for all years of graduation from non-accredited foreign schools.

Retired License and Fees

Adds Section 1398.18 to new Article 1.5 and amends sections 1399.50 and 1399.52 of Article 10 of Division 13.2 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR).

This regulation establishes minimum eligibility requirements to enter into retired license as well as defines requirements for restoring a license to an active status should a licensee with a retired license choose. These regulations will also incorporate by reference the application to enter retired license (RS1 (NEW 09/2021)) and the application to restore a retired license into active status (RS2 (NEW 09/2021)). Additionally, this rulemaking amends sections 1399.50 and 1399.52 to set a one-time $100 application fee to enter into retired license.