SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 453.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. (2) "Coordinator of physical therapy programs" is the person employed in that...
- Texas Section 453.002 - Application Of Sunset Act
The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that...
- Texas Section 453.003 - Conflict With Other Law
To the extent of any conflict between this chapter and Chapter 452, Chapter 452 controls. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 453.004 - Effect Of Chapter; Applicability
(a) This chapter does not restrict the holder of a license issued by another state agency from performing health care services within the scope of...
- Texas Section 453.005 - Practice Of Physical Therapy
(a) The practice of physical therapy requires that a person practicing have education, training, and experience in physical therapy. (b) The practice of physical therapy...
SUBCHAPTER B TEXAS BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY EXAMINERS
- Texas Section 453.006 - Practice Of Medicine
(a) A person may not engage in diagnosing diseases or in practicing medicine as defined by law on the basis of a license issued under...
- Texas Section 453.051 - Board Membership
(a) The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as...
- Texas Section 453.052 - Purpose Of Board
The board shall regulate the practice of physical therapy in this state to safeguard the public health and welfare. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
- Texas Section 453.053 - Public Member Eligibility
A person is not eligible for appointment as a public member of the board if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is registered, certified,...
- Texas Section 453.054 - Membership Restrictions
(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to...
- Texas Section 453.055 - Terms; Vacancy
(a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms with the terms of two physical therapist members and one public member expiring January 31 of...
- Texas Section 453.056 - Grounds For Removal
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required...
- Texas Section 453.057 - Per Diem Reimbursement
(a) A member of the board is entitled to a per diem as set by the General Appropriations Act for each day the member engages...
- Texas Section 453.058 - Officers
After the appointment of members every two years, the members of the board shall elect from among its members a presiding officer, secretary, and other...
- Texas Section 453.059 - Meetings
(a) A special meeting of the board: (1) may be called jointly by the presiding officer and secretary; or (2) shall be called on the...
- Texas Section 453.060 - Training
(a) Before a member of the board may assume the member's duties, the member must complete at least a course of the training program established...
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 453.061 - Civil Liability
A member of the board is not liable in a civil action for an act performed in good faith in executing duties as a board...
- Texas Section 453.101 - General Powers And Duties
Except as provided by Chapter 452, the board shall administer and enforce this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 453.102 - Rules
(a) The board may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. (b) The board may adopt bylaws and rules necessary to govern its proceedings. Acts...
- Texas Section 453.103 - Rules Regarding Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
(a) The board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the board except to prohibit false, misleading, or...
- Texas Section 453.104 - Fees
(a) The board may recommend to the executive council reasonable and necessary fees for licenses issued or services performed under this chapter that in the...
- Texas Section 453.105 - Employees; Division Of Responsibilities
(a) The board may request the executive council to assign administrative and clerical employees as necessary to carry out the board's functions. (b) The board...
- Texas Section 453.106 - List Of License Holders
(a) The secretary shall maintain a list of the names of each physical therapist licensed under this chapter. (b) The list shall be open to...
- Texas Section 453.107 - Board Duties Regarding Complaints
(a) The board by rule shall: (1) adopt a form to standardize information concerning complaints made to the board; and (2) prescribe information to be...
SUBCHAPTER D PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 453.108 - Prosecuting Violations
The board shall assist the proper legal authorities in prosecuting a person who violates this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 453.151 - Public Interest Information
(a) The board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board and the procedures by which complaints are filed with and...
- Texas Section 453.152 - Complaints
A license holder shall at all times prominently display in the license holder's place of business a sign containing: (1) the board's name, mailing address,...
- Texas Section 453.153 - Record Of Complaints
(a) The board shall keep an information file about each complaint filed with the executive council and referred to the board. The board's information file...
- Texas Section 453.154 - General Rules Involving Complaint Investigation And Disposition
(a) The board shall adopt rules relating to the investigation of a complaint received by the board. The rules shall: (1) distinguish between categories of...
SUBCHAPTER E LICENSE REQUIREMENTS; REGISTRATION OF FACILITIES
- Texas Section 453.155 - Public Participation
(a) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on...
- Texas Section 453.201 - License Required; Use Of Title
(a) A person may not practice physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist assistant, unless the person is an individual who holds a license...
- Texas Section 453.202 - License Application
(a) An applicant for a physical therapist license or a physical therapist assistant license must submit to the board a written application on a form...
- Texas Section 453.203 - Qualifications For Physical Therapist Or Physical Therapist Assistant License
(a) An applicant for a physical therapist license must, in addition to other requirements and qualifications established by the board, present: (1) evidence satisfactory to...
- Texas Section 453.204 - Foreign-trained Applicants
(a) To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant who is foreign-trained must satisfy the examination requirements of Section 453.208. (b) Before allowing a...
- Texas Section 453.205 - License Examination
(a) The board shall examine applicants for licenses at least once each year at a reasonable place and time designated by the board. (b) The...
- Texas Section 453.206 - Examination Results
(a) The board shall notify each examinee of the results of the examination not later than the 30th day after the day on which the...
- Texas Section 453.207 - Reexamination
(a) An applicant who fails to pass a one-part examination or a part of a divided examination may take another one-part examination or the part...
- Texas Section 453.208 - Issuance Of License
(a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who: (1) passes the examination under Section 453.205; (2) meets the qualifications prescribed by Section...
- Texas Section 453.209 - Provisional License
(a) The board may issue a provisional license to an applicant licensed in another state that maintains professional standards considered by the board to be...
- Texas Section 453.210 - Temporary License
(a) The board by rule may provide for the issuance of a temporary license. (b) The holder of a temporary license must practice under the...
- Texas Section 453.211 - Inactive Status
(a) The board by rule may provide for a license holder to place the holder's license under this chapter on inactive status. (b) A rule...
- Texas Section 453.212 - Display Of License
A license holder under this chapter shall display the license holder's license in a conspicuous place in the principal office in which the license holder...
SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE RENEWAL
- Texas Section 453.213 - Physical Therapy Facility Registration
(a) The board by rule shall adopt requirements for the registration and renewal of a registration of a physical therapy facility. A facility licensed under...
- Texas Section 453.251 - License Expiration
(a) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant license expires on the second anniversary of the date the license is issued. (b) The board may...
- Texas Section 453.252 - Renewal Of License
(a) A person may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the executive council before the expiration date of the license....
- Texas Section 453.253 - Renewal Of Expired License By Out-of-state Practitioner
(a) The board may renew without reexamination the expired license of a person who was licensed to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist...
SUBCHAPTER G PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 453.254 - Continuing Competence
(a) The board by rule shall: (1) adopt requirements for continuing competence for license holders in subjects pertaining to the practice of physical therapy; (2)...
- Texas Section 453.301 - Treating Patient Under Prior Referral
(a) A physical therapist may treat a patient for an injury or condition that was the subject of a prior referral if the physical therapist:...
- Texas Section 453.302 - Treating Patient Without Referral
(a) In this section: (1) "Emergency circumstance" means an instance in which emergency medical care is necessary. (2) "Emergency medical care" means a bona fide...
- Texas Section 453.303 - Prohibited Use Of Certain Procedures
In practicing physical therapy, a person may not use: (1) roentgen rays or radium for a diagnostic or therapeutic purpose; or (2) electricity for a...
SUBCHAPTER H DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PROCEDURE
- Texas Section 453.304 - Prohibited Practice
It is a violation of this chapter for an individual licensed by the board to violate Section 102.001. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec....
- Texas Section 453.351 - Grounds For Denial Of License Or Discipline Of License Holder
(a) The board may deny a license or suspend or revoke a license, place a license holder on probation, reprimand a license holder, impose an...
- Texas Section 453.352 - Procedure For License Denial Or Disciplinary Action; Schedule Of Sanctions
(a) A person whose application for a license is denied is entitled to a hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings if the applicant...
- Texas Section 453.353 - Subpoenas
(a) The board may request or compel by subpoena: (1) the attendance of a witness for examination under oath; and (2) the production for inspection...
- Texas Section 453.354 - Temporary License Suspension
(a) The board may temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter on an emergency basis if the board, by at least a two-thirds vote,...
- Texas Section 453.355 - Reissuance Of License; Issuance Of License After Denial
(a) On application by the person, the board may reissue a license to a person whose license has been revoked. (b) An application to reinstate...
SUBCHAPTER I ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
- Texas Section 453.356 - Informal Proceedings
(a) The board by rule shall adopt procedures governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and (2) informal proceedings...
- Texas Section 453.401 - Imposition Of Penalty
The board may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed or regulated under this chapter or a facility registered under this chapter who violates...
- Texas Section 453.402 - Amount Of Penalty
(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $200 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation...
SUBCHAPTER J OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 453.403 - Administrative Procedure
(a) The board shall adopt rules that establish procedures for assessing an administrative penalty and that provide for notice and a hearing for a license...
- Texas Section 453.451 - Injunctive Relief
The attorney general, a district attorney, a county attorney, or any other person may institute a proceeding to enforce this chapter, including a suit to...
- Texas Section 453.452 - Monitoring Of License Holder
The board by rule shall develop a system for monitoring a license holder's compliance with this chapter. The rules must include procedures for: (1) monitoring...
- Texas Section 453.453 - Civil Penalty
(a) A person found by a court to have violated this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $200 for each...
- Texas Section 453.454 - Recovery Of Costs And Fees
A person other than the attorney general, a district attorney, or a county attorney who brings an action to enforce this chapter or for injunctive...
- Texas Section 453.455 - Criminal Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (c)...