                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION OR ENDORSEMENT; TRAINEESHIPS (§ 54.1-3479)

A. The Board shall provide for the examinations to be taken by applicants for
licensure as physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. The Board
shall, on the basis of such examinations, issue or deny licenses to applicants
to practice physical therapy or perform the duties of a physical therapist
assistant. Any applicant who feels aggrieved at the result of his examination
may appeal to the Board.

B. The Board, in its discretion, may issue licenses to applicants upon
endorsement by boards of other appropriate authorities of other states or
territories or the District of Columbia with which reciprocal relations have not
been established if the credentials of such applicants are satisfactory and the
examinations and passing grades required by such other boards are determined to
be equivalent to those required by the Virginia Board.

C. The Board, in its discretion, may provide for the limited practice of
physical therapy by a graduate physical therapist or physical therapist
assistant enrolled in a traineeship program as defined by the Board under the
direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist.

D. In granting licenses to out-of-state applicants, the Board may require
physical therapists or physical therapist assistants to meet the professional
activity requirements or serve traineeships according to regulations promulgated
by the Board.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 688.