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O.C.G.A. § 43-33-12 — Requirements for license to practice physical therapy | Georgia Code
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TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 33. Physical Therapists, 43-33-1 through 43-33-21.

ARTICLE 4 NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT

43-33-12. Requirements for license to practice physical therapy.

A license to practice physical therapy shall be issued to any person who:

  1. Is a graduate of an educational program that prepares physical therapists and which is accredited by a recognized accrediting agency and approved by the board or, in the case of an applicant who has graduated from an educational program which prepares physical therapists conducted in a foreign country, has submitted, in a manner prescribed by the board, credentials approved by the board and who has further demonstrated the ability to speak, write, and understand the English language and has satisfactorily completed a three-month board approved traineeship under the supervision of a physical therapist licensed under this chapter;
  2. Has satisfactorily passed an examination prepared or approved by the board and has acquired any additional education and training required by the board; and
  3. Is not disqualified to receive a license under the provisions of Code Section 43-33-18 or subsection (a) or (c) of Code Section 43-1-19.

(Ga. L. 1951, p. 175, § 8; Ga. L. 1972, p. 388, § 14; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1416, §§ 4, 12; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1986, p. 812, § 5; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2434, § 6; Ga. L. 1997, p. 715, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1112, § 18/HB 1055; Ga. L. 2015, p. 288, § 4/HB 505.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted "or (c)" near the end of paragraph (3).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Standard of care owed patients by physical therapists.

- Although a hospital owes to the hospital's patients only the duty of exercising ordinary care to furnish equipment and facilities reasonably suited to the uses intended and such as are in general use in hospitals in the area, this "locality rule" should not be applied to physical therapists employed by a hospital. Since hospitals across the state must employ physical therapists who have received essentially the same level of training, given the same or similar circumstances the judgment of a physical therapist should not vary depending upon the location of his or her hospital. The standard of care which should be applied to a hospital's physical therapists is that ordinarily employed by the profession generally. Wade v. John D. Archbold Mem. Hosp., 252 Ga. 118, 311 S.E.2d 836 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Licensing and regulation of practice of physical therapy, 8 A.L.R.5th 825.

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