Section 13-303 - Qualifications -- Physical Therapists

(a) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have: (1) Graduated from a physical therapy program that, in the year of graduation, was: (i) Approved by the American Physical Therapy Association; or (ii) Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education; and (2) Completed satisfactorily the clinical education required by the physical therapy program. (b) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapy program that in the year of graduation had educational requirements equivalent to a degree in physical therapy from a United States program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.