California Code
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 5.7 - Physical Therapy

ARTICLE 1 - Administration and General Provisions

Section 2600. - 2600. This chapter may be cited as the Physical Therapy...

Section 2601. - 2601. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms...

Section 2602. - 2602. (a) The Physical Therapy Board of California, hereafter referred...

Section 2602.1. - 2602.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 2603. - 2603. The members of the board shall consist of four...

Section 2603.5. - 2603.5. (a) The physical therapist members of the board shall...

Section 2604. - 2604. The members of the board shall be appointed for...

Section 2605. - 2605. The board shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 2606. - 2606. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 2607. - 2607. The board may employ, subject to law, such clerical...

Section 2607.5. - 2607.5. (a) The board may employ an executive officer exempt...

Section 2608. - 2608. The procedure in all matters and proceedings relating to...

Section 2608.5. - 2608.5. Each member of the board, or any licensed physical...

Section 2611. - 2611. The board shall meet at least three times each...

Section 2612. - 2612. The board shall comply with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting...

Section 2613. - 2613. The board may appoint qualified persons to give the...

Section 2614. - 2614. The board shall hear all matters, including, but not...

Section 2615. - 2615. The board shall adopt those regulations as may be...

ARTICLE 2 - Scope of Regulation and Exemptions

Section 2620. - 2620. (a) Physical therapy means the art and science of...

Section 2620.1. - 2620.1. (a) In addition to receiving those services authorized by...

Section 2620.3. - 2620.3. A physical therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter may...

Section 2620.5. - 2620.5. A physical therapist may, upon specified authorization of a...

Section 2620.7. - 2620.7. (a) Patient records shall be documented as required in...

Section 2621. - 2621. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing...

Section 2622. - 2622. (a) A physical therapist shall be responsible for managing...

Section 2623. - 2623. The board may, by regulation, prescribe, amend, or repeal...

Section 2630. - 2630. It is unlawful for any person or persons to...

Section 2630.3. - 2630.3. (a) A licensed physical therapist assistant holding a valid,...

Section 2630.4. - 2630.4. (a) A “physical therapy aide” is an unlicensed person,...

Section 2630.5. - 2630.5. The following persons are exempt from the licensure requirements...

Section 2633. - 2633. (a) A person holding a license as a physical...

Section 2633.5. - 2633.5. (a) Only a person licensed as a physical therapist...

Section 2633.7. - 2633.7. During a period of clinical practice described in Section...

Section 2634. - 2634. The board may investigate each and every applicant for...

ARTICLE 3 - Qualifications and Requirements for Licensure

Section 2635. - 2635. Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall,...

Section 2636. - 2636. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no...

Section 2636.5. - 2636.5. (a) An applicant may be issued a license without...

Section 2638. - 2638. Any applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or...

Section 2639. - 2639. (a) (1) Every graduate of an approved physical therapy...

Section 2639.1. - 2639.1. A person having, in the opinion of the board,...

ARTICLE 4 - Renewal of Licenses

Section 2644. - 2644. (a) Every license issued under this chapter shall expire...

Section 2645. - 2645. At least 60 days before the expiration of any...

Section 2646. - 2646. A license that has expired may be renewed at...

Section 2647. - 2647. A person who fails to renew his or her...

Section 2648. - 2648. (a) A licensee is exempt from the payment of...

Section 2648.3. - 2648.3. A licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the...

Section 2648.5. - 2648.5. (a) The renewal fee shall be waived for licensees...

Section 2649. - 2649. (a) A person renewing his or her license shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Educational Standards

Section 2650. - 2650. (a) The physical therapist education requirements are as follows:...

Section 2651. - 2651. The board shall approve only those physical therapist and...

Section 2653. - 2653. An applicant for a license as a physical therapist...

Section 2654. - 2654. If an applicant who has graduated from a physical...

ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement

Section 2660. - 2660. Unprofessional conduct constitutes grounds for citation, discipline, denial of...

Section 2660.1. - 2660.1. A patient, client, or customer of a licentiate under...

Section 2660.2. - 2660.2. (a) The board may refuse a license to any...

Section 2660.3. - 2660.3. In lieu of filing or prosecuting a formal accusation...

Section 2660.4. - 2660.4. A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with...

Section 2660.5. - 2660.5. The board shall deny a physical therapist license or...

Section 2660.7. - 2660.7. In addition to the penalties prescribed by Section 123,...

Section 2660.8. - 2660.8. A licensee whose matter has been heard by an...

Section 2661. - 2661. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 2661.5. - 2661.5. (a) In any order issued in resolution of a...

Section 2661.6. - 2661.6. (a) The board shall establish a probation monitoring program...

Section 2661.7. - 2661.7. (a) A person whose license has been revoked or...

ARTICLE 7 - Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program

Section 2662. - 2662. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 2663. - 2663. The board shall establish and administer a substance abuse...

Section 2664. - 2664. (a) Any rehabilitation evaluation committee established by the board...

Section 2665. - 2665. Each rehabilitation evaluation committee has the following duties and...

Section 2666. - 2666. (a) Criteria for acceptance into the rehabilitation program shall...

Section 2667. - 2667. All board and rehabilitation evaluation committee records and records...

Section 2668. - 2668. (a) A fee to cover the actual cost of...

Section 2669. - 2669. Participation in a rehabilitation program shall not be a...

ARTICLE 8 - Offenses Against this Chapter

Section 2670. - 2670. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 2672. - 2672. Whenever any person has engaged or is about to...

ARTICLE 9 - Fiscal Administration

Section 2680. - 2680. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings...

Section 2681. - 2681. Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar...

Section 2682. - 2682. There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy...

Section 2687. - 2687. All fees earned by the board and all fines...

Section 2688. - 2688. The amount of fees assessed in connection with licenses...

Section 2689. - 2689. (a) The board may establish by regulation suitable application...

ARTICLE 10 - Physical Therapy Corporations

Section 2690. - 2690. A physical therapy corporation is a corporation that is...

Section 2691. - 2691. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of...

Section 2692. - 2692. A physical therapy corporation shall not do or fail...

Section 2693. - 2693. The name of a physical therapy corporation and any...

Section 2694. - 2694. Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations...

Section 2695. - 2695. The income of a physical therapy corporation attributable to...

Section 2696. - 2696. The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry...