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Ala. Code § 34-24-210 (2026)

License Requirements.

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(a) License or compact privilege required. No individual shall practice nor hold himself or herself out to be able to practice physical therapy in this state unless he or she is licensed or has been granted a compact privilege in accordance with this chapter.

(b) License or compact privilege required. No individual shall act nor hold himself or herself out as being able to act as a physical therapist assistant unless he or she is licensed or has been granted a compact privilege in accordance with this article.

(c) Other healing arts not affected. Nothing in this article shall prohibit any individual licensed to practice any other of the healing arts in this state under any other law from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed.

(Acts 1965, No. 476, p. 686, §3; Acts 1969, No. 622, p. 1128, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-189, p. 218, §4; Act 2012-387, p. 1036, §1; Act 2023-480, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2004 · leading case: Benchmark Med. Holdings, Inc. v. Barnes, 328 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (M.D. Ala. 2004).
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Benchmark Med. Holdings, Inc. v. Barnes, 328 F. Supp. 2d 1236 (M.D. Ala. 2004). · cites it 4× “Ala. Code § 34-24-210 (1975). The application for registering as a physical therapist requires that the applicant “present evidence satisfactory to the board 8 that he is of good moral character and that he has completed a program of physical therapy education appropriate for…”
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001). “§ 34-24-210. 6 . The Health Care Financing Administration, a part of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers the Medicare program, under which the federal government provides health insurance for elderly and disabled persons.”
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