§2409.  Qualifications for license; physical therapists

To qualify for a license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall:

(1)  Be at least twenty-one years of age.

(2)  Be a citizen of the United States or have obtained legal authority to work in the United States, and have proper documentation evidencing this fact.

(3)  Be of good moral character.

(4)  Have paid all fees required by this Chapter.

(5)  Have graduated from a school of physical therapy, which school, at the time of such graduation, was approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education or the board.

(6)  Pass an examination to the satisfaction of the board as provided for in R.S. 37:2414.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 68, §1.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 674, §1; Acts 1992, No. 731, §1; Acts 2009, No. 535, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.