Section 5. Application for License.--Unless entitled to licensure without examination under the provisions of section 6, an individual who desires and applies to be licensed as a physical therapist shall apply to the board on a form furnished by the board, and such application shall embody evidence satisfactory to the board of the applicant's possessing the qualifications preliminary to examination required by this act. At the time of forwarding such application to the board, an applicant for licensure as a physical therapist shall pay a fee as set by regulation.
(5 amended July 4, 2008, P.L.293, No.38)
Compiler's Note: Section 16 of Act 38 of 2008, which amended section 5, provided that the State Board of Physical Therapy shall promulgate regulations to implement the amendment or addition of sections 2, 2.1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7.1, 7.2, 9, 9.1(a), (a.1), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (j), 11, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12 and 13 of the act within 18 months of the effective date of this section. Until such time as the board promulgates rules and regulations regarding issue, renewal, revocation or suspension of physical therapist assistants, the current rules and regulations shall remain in effect.