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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2646
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2646
A license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by applying for renewal as set forth in Section 2644. Renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the renewal application is filed, on the date on which the renewal
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2647
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2647
A person who fails to renew his or her license within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be reissued, reinstated, or restored thereafter. However, the person may apply for a new license if he or she satisfies the requirements set forth in Article 3
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648
(a) A licensee is exempt from the payment of the renewal fee while engaged in full-time training or active service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, or in the United States Public Health Service. (b) A person exempted from the payment of the ren
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648.3
A licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is unable to practice, or assist in the provision of, physical therapy due to a disability may request a waiver of the license renewal fee. The granting of a waiver shall be at the discretion of the board
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2648.5
(a) The renewal fee shall be waived for licensees residing in California who certify to the board that license renewal is for the sole purpose of providing voluntary, unpaid physical therapy services. (b) A person exempt from renewal fees under this section shall not be exempt fr
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2649
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2649
(a) A person renewing his or her license shall submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding two years, he or she has completed the required number of continuing education hours established by regulation by the board, or such other proof of continuing competen
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2650
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2650
(a) The physical therapist education requirements are as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each applicant for a license as a physical therapist shall be a graduate of a professional degree program of an accredited postsecondary institution or institutions
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2651
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2651
The board shall approve only those physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education programs that prove to the satisfaction of the board that they comply with the minimum physical therapist or physical therapist assistant educational requirements set forth in this ch
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2653
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2653
An applicant for a license as a physical therapist who has graduated from a physical therapist education program that is not approved by the board and is not located in the United States shall do all of the following: (a) Furnish documentary evidence satisfactory to the board, th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2654
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2654
If an applicant who has graduated from a physical therapist education program that is not approved by the board and is not located in the United States does not qualify to take the physical therapist examination, his or her education may be evaluated by the board and the applican
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660
Unprofessional conduct constitutes grounds for citation, discipline, denial of a license, or issuance of a probationary license. The board may, after the conduct of appropriate proceedings under the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Part
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.1
A patient, client, or customer of a licentiate under this chapter is conclusively presumed to be incapable of giving free, full, and informed consent to any sexual activity which is a violation of Section 726.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.2
(a) The board may refuse a license to any applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or sexual activity referred to in Section 2660.1. The board may, in its sole discretion, issue a public letter of reprimand or may issue a probationary license to any applicant for a license who
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.3
In lieu of filing or prosecuting a formal accusation against a licensee, the board may, upon stipulation or agreement by the licensee, issue a public letter of reprimand after it has conducted an investigation or inspection as provided for in this chapter. The public letter of re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.4
A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request from the board for the medical records of a patient, that is accompanied by that patient’s written authorization for release of records to the board, within 15 days of receiving the request and authorization shall pay to th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.5
The board shall deny a physical therapist license or physical therapist assistant license to an applicant who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code. This section does not apply to an applicant who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to S
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.7
In addition to the penalties prescribed by Section 123, if the board determines that an applicant for licensure or a licensee has engaged, or has attempted to engage, in conduct that subverts or undermines the integrity of the examination process as described in Section 123, the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2660.8
A licensee whose matter has been heard by an administrative law judge of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel as designated in Section 11371 of the Government Code, or whose default has been entered or who has entered into a stipulation for disciplinary action with the board, may, i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article. The board may order discipline of the licensee in accordance with Section 2660 or the board may take action as authorized in Section 26
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.5
(a) In any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, the board may request the administrative law judge to direct any licensee found guilty of unprofessional conduct to pay to the board a sum not to exceed the actual and reasonable costs of the inv
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.6
(a) The board shall establish a probation monitoring program to monitor probationary licenses. (b) The program may employ nonpeace officer staff to perform its probation monitoring. (c) The program shall be funded with moneys in the Physical Therapy Fund.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2661.7
(a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or termination of probation, after a period of not less than the following minimum periods ha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2662
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2662
It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose competency is impaired due to abuse of dangerous drugs or alcohol so that they may be treated and returned to the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2663
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2663
The board shall establish and administer a substance abuse rehabilitation program, hereafter referred to as the rehabilitation program, for the rehabilitation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose competency is impaired due to the abuse of drugs or alcoho
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2664
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2664
(a) Any rehabilitation evaluation committee established by the board shall have at least three members. In making appointments to a rehabilitation evaluation committee, the board shall consider the appointment of persons who are either recovering from substance abuse and have bee