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N.Y. Education Law § 6740: Requirements for license as a physical therapist assistant

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 8. The Professions
  3. Article 136. Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants

§ 6740. Requirements for license as a physical therapist assistant. a.

Application: file an application with the department;

b. Education: have received an education including completion of a

two-year college program in a physical therapist assistant program or

equivalent in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the state board for

physical therapy in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

c-1. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

d. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;

e. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department;

f. Registration: all licensed physical therapist assistants shall

register triennially with the department in accordance with the

regulations of the commissioner;

g. Fees: pay a fee for an initial license of forty-five dollars, and

for the biennial registration period ending December thirty-first,

nineteen hundred eighty-two a fee of twenty dollars and a fee of fifty

dollars for each triennial registration period.

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