§2411.  Qualifications for license; physical therapist assistant

To be qualified for a license as a physical therapist assistant, an applicant shall:

(1)  Be at least nineteen years of age.

(2)  Be of good moral character.

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

(4)  Have graduated from an accredited school of physical therapist assisting, which school, at the time of such graduation, was approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education or the board.  However, the board shall not require an applicant to have completed a course of training in excess of that required for an associate degree.

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

Acts 1983, No. 555, §1; Acts 2009, No. 535, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.