(a) If an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license has been educated in limited physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have:
(1) Graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that is:
(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 therapist assistant program.
(b) If an applicant for a physical therapist assistant license has been educated in limited physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapist assistant program that in the year of graduation has educational requirements equivalent to a degree in limited physical therapy from a program in the United States accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.