(a) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have:
(1) Graduated from a physical therapy program that, in the year of graduation, was:
(i) Approved by the American Physical Therapy Association; or
(ii) Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education; and
(2) Completed satisfactorily the clinical education required by the physical therapy program.
(b) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapy program that in the year of graduation had educational requirements equivalent to a degree in physical therapy from a United States program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.