Title 32 — Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,581 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-2001 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Assistive personnel": (a) Includes: (i) Physical therapist assistants. (ii) Physical therapy aides. (iii) Other assistive personnel who are trained or educated health care providers and who are not physical therapist ass…
A.R.S. § 32-2002 Board of physical therapy; membership; appointment; qualifications; terms; removal; reimbursement; immunity
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A. The board of physical therapy is established consisting of members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. Four members shall be physical therapists who are residents of this state, possess an unrestricted license to practice physical therapy in this state and ha…
A.R.S. § 32-2003 Board; powers and duties
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A. The board shall: 1. Evaluate the qualifications of applicants for licensure. 2. Provide for national examinations for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants and adopt passing scores for these examinations. 3. Issue licenses and permits to persons who meet the re…
A.R.S. § 32-2004 Board of physical therapy fund
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A. The board of physical therapy fund is established. The board shall administer the fund. B. Except as provided in section 32-2048, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit fifteen percent of all monies collected under this chapter in the state general fun…
A.R.S. § 32-2004; Version 2 Board of physical therapy fund
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(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 30. Eff. 7/1/28) A. The board of physical therapy fund is established. The board shall administer the fund. B. Except as provided in section 32-2048, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit ten percent of all monies collected under this…
A.R.S. § 32-2021 Persons and activities not required to be licensed
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A. This chapter does not restrict a person who is licensed under any other law of this state from engaging in the profession or practice for which that person is licensed if that person does not claim to be a physical therapist or a provider of physical therapy. B. This chapter d…
A.R.S. § 32-2022 Qualifications for licensure; fingerprint clearance card
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A. An applicant for a license as a physical therapist who has been educated in the United States shall: 1. Complete the application process. 2. Be a graduate of a professional physical therapy education program that is accredited by a national accreditation agency approved by the…
A.R.S. § 32-2023 Application; denial; hearing
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A. An applicant for licensure shall file a completed application as required by the board. The applicant shall include the application fee prescribed in section 32-2029. B. The board may deny a license to an applicant or a licensee for any of the following: 1. Knowingly making a …
A.R.S. § 32-2024 Examinations
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A. The board shall prescribe examinations for licensure and determine the passing score. B. An applicant may take the examinations for licensure if either of the following applies: 1. The applicant has met all of the requirements of section 32-2022, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and…
A.R.S. § 32-2025 Interim permits
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A. If a foreign educated applicant satisfies the requirements of section 32-2022, subsection B, before the board issues a license it shall issue an interim permit to the applicant for the purpose of participating in a supervised clinical practice period. An applicant who fails th…
A.R.S. § 32-2026 Licensure by endorsement
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A. The board shall issue a license to a physical therapist who has a valid unrestricted license from another jurisdiction of the United States if that person, when granted the license, met all of the requirements prescribed in section 32-2022, subsection A or B and any applicable…
A.R.S. § 32-2027 License renewal; suspension
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A. A licensee shall renew the license pursuant to board rules. Except as provided in section 32-4301, a licensee who fails to renew the license on or before its expiration date shall not practice as a physical therapist or work as a physical therapist assistant in this state. B. …
A.R.S. § 32-2028 Reinstatement of license
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A. The board may reinstate a license that it suspended pursuant to section 32-2027, subsection B on payment of a renewal fee and reinstatement fee and completion of the application process as prescribed by the board. B. If a person's license has been suspended pursuant to section…
A.R.S. § 32-2029 Fees
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The board shall establish and collect fees of not more than: 1. $300 for an application for an original license. This fee is nonrefundable. 2. $300 for a certificate of renewal of a license. 3. $300 for an application for reinstatement of licensure. 4. $50 for each duplicate lice…
A.R.S. § 32-2030 Business entities; patient records; protocol; exemptions; rules
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A. A business entity shall not offer physical therapy services pursuant to this chapter unless: 1. The business entity is registered with the board pursuant to this section. 2. The physical therapy services are conducted by a licensee pursuant to this chapter. B. The business ent…
A.R.S. § 32-2031 Retired status; reinstatement to active status
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A. The board shall place a licensee on retired status and waive the renewal fee and continuing competence requirements if a licensee presents a written affidavit to the board that the licensee has retired from the practice of physical therapy or from work as a physical therapist …
A.R.S. § 32-2032 Inactive status; reinstatement to active status
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A. The board shall place a licensee on inactive status and waive the continuing competence requirements if a licensee presents a written affidavit to the board that the licensee is not currently engaged in the practice of physical therapy or working as a physical therapist assist…
A.R.S. § 32-2041 Lawful practice
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A. A physical therapist shall refer a client to appropriate health care practitioners if the physical therapist has reasonable cause to believe symptoms or conditions are present that require services beyond the scope of practice or if physical therapy is contraindicated. B. A ph…
A.R.S. § 32-2041.01 Imaging; ordering; requirements; reporting
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B. A physical therapist shall report results for all imaging tests that the physical therapist orders pursuant to subsection A of this section to the patient's health care practitioner of record or the referring health care practitioner, if designated, within seven days after rec…
A.R.S. § 32-2042 Use of titles; restrictions; violation; classification
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A. A physical therapist shall use the letters "PT" in connection with the physical therapist's name or place of business to denote licensure under this chapter. A physical therapist on retired status shall use "(retired)" or "(ret.)" after the letters "PT" in connection with the …
A.R.S. § 32-2043 Supervision; patient care management
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A. A physical therapist is responsible for patient care given by assistive personnel, student physical therapists and student physical therapist assistants under the physical therapist's supervision. A physical therapist may delegate to assistive personnel and supervise selected …
A.R.S. § 32-2044 Grounds for disciplinary action
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The following are grounds for disciplinary action: 1. Violating this chapter, board rules or a written board order. 2. Practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope of the practice of physical therapy. 3. Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by fraud or misrepresenta…
A.R.S. § 32-2045 Investigative powers; emergency action
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A. To enforce this chapter the board may: 1. Receive complaints filed against licensees or certificate holders and conduct a timely investigation. 2. Conduct an investigation at any time and on its own initiative without receipt of a written complaint if the board has reason to b…
A.R.S. § 32-2046 Informal and formal hearings
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A. The board may request an informal hearing with a licensee or any unlicensed person in order to further its investigation or to resolve a complaint. B. If at an informal hearing the board finds a violation of this chapter has occurred that constitutes grounds for disciplinary a…
A.R.S. § 32-2047 Disciplinary actions; penalties
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On proof that any grounds prescribed in section 32-2044 have been violated or that any requirements prescribed in section 32-2030 have been violated, the board may take the following disciplinary actions singly or in combination: 1. Issue a decree of censure. 2. Restrict a licens…
A.R.S. § 32-2048 Unlawful practice; classification; injunctive relief; deposit of civil penalties
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A. It is unlawful for any person to practice or in any manner to claim to practice physical therapy or for a person to claim the designation of a physical therapist unless that person is licensed pursuant to this chapter. A person who engages in an activity requiring a license pu…
A.R.S. § 32-2049 Disclosure prohibition
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The board shall not disclose the identity of a person who provides information unless this information is essential to proceedings conducted pursuant to sections 32-2045 and 32-2046 or unless required by a court.
A.R.S. § 32-2050 Substance abuse recovery program
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In lieu of a disciplinary proceeding prescribed by this article, the board may allow a licensee to actively participate in a board-approved substance abuse recovery program if: 1. The board has evidence that the licensee is an impaired professional. 2. The licensee has not been c…
A.R.S. § 32-2051 Rights of consumers
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A. The public has access to the following information: 1. A list of licensees and interim permit holders that includes the licensee's and interim permit holder's place of practice, license or interim permit number, date of license or interim permit expiration and status of licens…
A.R.S. § 32-2052 Judicial review
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Except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, final board decisions are subject to judicial review pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.
A.R.S. § 32-2053 Physical therapy licensure compact
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The physical therapy licensure compact is adopted and enacted into law as follows: Section 1 Purpose The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of phy…
A.R.S. § 32-2054 Participation in compact as condition of employment; prohibition
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An employer may not require a physical therapist to seek licensure through the physical therapy licensure compact enacted by section 32-2053 as a condition of initial or continued employment as a physical therapist in this state. An employer may require that a physical therapist …
A.R.S. § 32-2055 Open meeting requirements
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If a meeting, or a portion of a meeting, of the physical therapy compact commission is closed pursuant to section 32-2053, section 7, subsection E, the commission's legal counsel or designee shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant exempting …
A.R.S. § 32-2056 Board of physical therapy; notice of commission actions; expenditure of certain monies prohibited
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1. Within thirty days after a physical therapy compact commission action shall post on the board's public website notice of any commission action that may affect a physical therapist's license. 2. May not spend any monies received from physical therapists or applicants for licens…