6740 - Requirements for certification as a physical therapist assistant.
§ 6740. Requirements for certification 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 certified physical therapist assistants shall register triennially with the education department in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner; g. Fees: pay a fee for an initial certificate 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.