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Utah Code § 58-24b-503: Lawful and unlawful use of titles and terms -- Unlawful advertising or promotion.

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  1. Title 58 Occupations and Professions
  2. Chapter 58-24b Physical Therapy Practice Act
  3. Part 58-24b-5 Unlawful and Unprofessional Conduct

(1) A person who is a licensed physical therapist shall use the letters "PT" in connection with the person's name or business in order to indicate that the person is a licensed physical therapist.

(2) A person who is a licensed physical therapist assistant shall use the letters "PTA" in connection with the person's name or business in order to indicate that the person is a licensed physical therapist assistant.

(3) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist, a licensed physical therapist assistant, or a person described in Subsection 58-24b-304(1)(e) to:

(a) use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:

(i) physical therapy, except to the extent that the word is used to describe conduct that a person is licensed to engage in under another law of the state;

(ii) physiotherapy; or

(iii) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person practices physical therapy; or

(b) offer, provide, or bill a person for:

(i) physical therapy services or anything that is characterized as physical therapy services; or

(ii) physiotherapy services or anything that is characterized as physiotherapy services.

(4) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist to:

(a) except as provided in Subsection (6), use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:

(i) physical therapist;

(ii) physiotherapist;

(iii) PT;

(iv) DPT;

(v) MPT; or

(vi) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person is a physical therapist or physiotherapist;

(b) advertise that a person who is not a licensed physical therapist is a physical therapist or physiotherapist; or

(c) promote a person who is not a licensed physical therapist as a physical therapist or physiotherapist.

(5) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant to:

(a) use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:

(i) physical therapist assistant;

(ii) physiotherapist assistant;

(iii) PTA; or

(iv) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person is a physical therapist assistant or a physiotherapist assistant;

(b) advertise that a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant is a physical therapist assistant or a physiotherapist assistant; or

(c) promote a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant as a physical therapist assistant or physiotherapist assistant.

(6) Subsection (4)(a) does not prohibit a person from using a word or abbreviation described in Subsection (4)(a) in connection with the person's business, if the person employs a physical therapist at the person's business.

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