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PT Act & Rules
New editions of the Act and Rules are published periodically. The latest complete edition is always available on this page. The Board adopts new rules or amends existing ones between editions; the text of rules that have been adopted or amended since the last complete edition are listed at the top of this page as well. If you cannot print out a document on this page, please contact ECPTOTE. All documents on this page require Adobe Acrobat reader.
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§323.3, Adoption of Rules - Proposed
§329.5, Licensing Procedures
for Foreign-Trained Applicants - Proposed
§329.7, Exemptions to
Licensure - Proposed
§341.1, Requirements for
Renewal - Proposed
§341.2, Continuing Education Requirements - Proposed
§341.3, Qualifying Continuing Education - Proposed
§341.5, Waiver of Continuing Competence Units (CCUs) - Proposed
§341.8, Inactive Status - Proposed
§341.9, Retired Status - Proposed
§341.20, Licensees Called to Active Military Service - Proposed
§347.1, (Facility) Definitions - Proposed
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§329.3, Temporary Licensure for Examination Candidates -
Adopted
§329.2, License by Examination - Adopted
§322.4, Practicing in a Manner Detrimental to the Public Health and Welfare - Adopted
Complete Physical
Therapy Rules - April 2009
PT Practice Act - Title 3, Subchapter H, Chapter 453, Occupations Code
(current version)
About the Act
and Rules
The 62nd Texas Legislature enacted the Physical Therapy Practice Act in 1971. The Act has been revised many times in the years since; most recently by the 76th Legislature, effective September 1, 1999. All rules adopted by the Board are based on the Act.
As mandated by the Practice Act, the PT Board adopts rules to govern the practice of physical therapy in the State. Rules are adopted, changed and repealed in response to developments in physical therapy practice, administrative changes, or legislative mandates. The rules are established as minimum standards, to ensure that the public is adequately protected.
The rulemaking process takes about six months, from proposal to effective date. The Board meets three or four times a year; in almost all cases, the Board will propose a rule at one meeting and vote on its adoption (with or without changes) at the next meeting. The rule automatically goes into effect 20 days after the adoption is published in the Texas Register, unless otherwise stated.
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