Sec. 20-71. Licensure without examination. Physical therapists and physical therapy assistants.
Sec. 20-71. Licensure without examination. Physical therapists and physical
therapy assistants. (a) The Department of Public Health may issue a license to practice
physical therapy without examination, on payment of a fee of two hundred twenty-five
dollars, to an applicant who is a physical therapist registered or licensed under the laws
of any other state or territory of the United States, any province of Canada or any other
country, if the requirements for registration or licensure of physical therapists in such
state, territory, province or country are deemed by the department to be equivalent to,
or higher than those prescribed in this chapter.
(b) The department may issue a physical therapist assistant license without examination, on payment of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars, to an applicant who is a physical
therapist assistant registered or licensed under the laws of any other state or territory of
the United States, any province of Canada or any other country, if the requirements for
registration or licensure of physical therapist assistants in such state, territory, province
or country are deemed by the department to be equivalent to, or higher than those prescribed in this chapter.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20-70, prior to April 30, 2007, the
commissioner may issue a physical therapist assistant license to any applicant who
presents evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of having completed twenty years
of employment as a physical therapist assistant prior to October 1, 1989, on payment
of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20-70, the commissioner may issue
a physical therapist assistant license to any applicant who presents evidence satisfactory
to the commissioner of having registered as a physical therapist assistant with the Department of Public Health on or before April 1, 2006, on payment of a fee of one hundred
fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4404; 1953, S. 2207d; 1959, P.A. 575, S. 3; 616, S. 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 385, 610; P.A. 81-473, S.
18, 43; P.A. 89-251, S. 80, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 21, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-271, S. 27, 40; P.A.
00-226, S. 14, 20; P.A. 06-195, S. 47; P.A. 07-252, S. 26, 27.)
History: 1959 acts increased fee in Subsec. (a) from $10 and added Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 replaced department of
health with department of health services and required that qualifying examination be acceptable to commissioner of health
services as well as to board of examiners in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-473 amended section to permit
the department, with the consent of the board, to set fees for licensure by endorsement and to conform licensing procedures
with those of other health professions under sunset review process begun in 1980; P.A. 89-251 set the application fee at
$150, where previously fee was set by department with board's consent; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised license fee from
$150 to $225; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-271 deleted the requirement that the foreign state, etc., grant reciprocity, deleted
former Subsec. (b) re licensure without examination based on certain schooling and made a technical change; P.A. 00-226
designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making technical changes therein, and added new Subsec. (b) re issuance
of physical therapist assistant license without examination, effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is
published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic
trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner, i.e. April 11, 2006; P.A. 06-195
deleted former Subsec. (b)(2) and (3) re conditions for granting physical therapist assistant licenses without examination
and added Subsecs. (c) and (d) re physical therapist assistant licensure without examination for applicants who have either
completed 20 years of employment as a physical therapist assistant before October 1, 1989, or registered as a physical
therapist assistant with Department of Public Health on or before April 1, 2006, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-252
amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to give department complete discretion in determining whether the qualifications of applicants
for licensure without examination who are licensed or registered in another jurisdiction are equivalent to, or higher than,
those prescribed in chapter.