California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 2 - Scope of Regulation and Exemptions

• Section 2620.
  (a) Physical therapy means the art and science of physical or corrective rehabilitation or of physical or corrective treatment of any bodily or mental condition of...
• Section 2620.1.
  (a) In addition to receiving those services authorized by Section 2620, a person may initiate physical therapy treatment directly from a licensed physical therapist if the...
• Section 2620.3.
  A physical therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter may apply topical medications as part of the practice of physical therapy as defined in Section 2620...
• Section 2620.5.
  A physical therapist may, upon specified authorization of a physician and surgeon, perform tissue penetration for the purpose of evaluating neuromuscular performance as a part...
• Section 2620.7.
  (a) Patient records shall be documented as required in regulations promulgated by the board.(b) Patient records shall be maintained for a period of no less than seven...
• Section 2621.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a physical therapist to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized...
• Section 2622.
  (a) A physical therapist shall be responsible for managing all aspects of the care of each patient as set forth in regulations promulgated by the board.(b) A...
• Section 2623.
  The board may, by regulation, prescribe, amend, or repeal any rules contained within a code of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of...
• Section 2630.
  It is unlawful for any person or persons to practice, or offer to practice, physical therapy in this state for compensation received or expected, or...
• Section 2630.3.
  (a) A licensed physical therapist assistant holding a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked physical therapist assistant license may assist in the provision of physical therapy services only...
• Section 2630.4.
  (a) A “physical therapy aide” is an unlicensed person, at least 18 years of age, who aids a licensed physical therapist consistent with subdivision (b). (b) The...
• Section 2630.5.
  The following persons are exempt from the licensure requirements of this chapter when engaged in the following activities: (a) A regularly matriculated physical therapist student undertaking...
• Section 2633.
  (a) A person holding a license as a physical therapist issued by the board may use the title “physical therapist” or the letters “P.T.” or any...
• Section 2633.5.
  (a) Only a person licensed as a physical therapist assistant by the board may use the title “physical therapist assistant” or “physical therapy assistant” or the...
• Section 2633.7.
  During a period of clinical practice described in Section 2650 or in any similar period of observation of related educational experience involving recipients of physical...
• Section 2634.
  The board may investigate each and every applicant for a license, before a license is issued, in order to determine whether or not the applicant...

Last modified: October 22, 2018