Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 13-304 - Qualifications - Physical therapist assistants(a) If an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license has been educated in limited physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have: (1) Graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that is: (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 therapist assistant program.(b) If an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license has been educated in limited physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that in the year of graduation has educational requirements equivalent to a degree in limited physical therapy from a program in the United States accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 575,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2020.