Physical Therapy Practice Act
Florida · Physical Therapy Practice · §§ 486.011 to 486.172 · 33 sections
Overview
This act governs the practice of physical therapy, establishing a licensing regime for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants and defining what constitutes the practice of physical therapy. It creates a state physical therapy board — setting its composition, meetings, powers, and duties — and charges it with examining applicants, issuing and renewing licenses, recognizing credentials earned elsewhere through reciprocity and provisions for foreign-trained and military-trained applicants, and collecting fees. The act also restricts use of professional titles, exempts certain persons and situations from its requirements, and gives the board enforcement authority through disciplinary action, penalties, cease and desist orders, and injunctive relief.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 319 GAAPP 545 - Bacon County Hospital & Health System v. Whitley
Sections covered
- Fla. Stat. § 486.011Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 486.015Legislative intent
- Fla. Stat. § 486.021Definitions1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 486.023Board of Physical Therapy Practice
- Fla. Stat. § 486.025Powers and duties of the Board of Physical Therapy Practice
- Fla. Stat. § 486.028License to practice physical therapy required
- Fla. Stat. § 486.031Physical therapist; licensing requirements; exemption
- Fla. Stat. § 486.041Physical therapist; application for license; fee
- Fla. Stat. § 486.051Physical therapist; examination of applicant
- Fla. Stat. § 486.061Physical therapist; issuance of license
- Fla. Stat. § 486.0715Physical therapist; issuance of temporary permit
- Fla. Stat. § 486.081Physical therapist; issuance of license by endorsement; issuance of license without examination to person passing examination of another authorized examining board in a foreign country; fee; exemption
- Fla. Stat. § 486.085Physical therapist; renewal of license; inactive status; reactivation of license; fees
- Fla. Stat. § 486.102Physical therapist assistant; licensing requirements; exemption
- Fla. Stat. § 486.103Physical therapist assistant; application for license; fee
- Fla. Stat. § 486.104Physical therapist assistant; examination of applicant
- Fla. Stat. § 486.106Physical therapist assistant; issuance of license
- Fla. Stat. § 486.1065Physical therapist assistant; issuance of temporary permit
- Fla. Stat. § 486.107Physical therapist assistant; issuance of license by endorsement; fee; exemption
- Fla. Stat. § 486.108Physical therapist assistant; renewal of license; inactive status; reactivation of license; fees
- Fla. Stat. § 486.109Continuing education
- Fla. Stat. § 486.112Physical Therapy Licensure Compact
- Fla. Stat. § 486.113Physical Therapy Compact Commission; public records and meetings exemptions
- Fla. Stat. § 486.115Disposition of fees
- Fla. Stat. § 486.117Physical therapist; performance of dry needling
- Fla. Stat. § 486.123Sexual misconduct in the practice of physical therapy
- Fla. Stat. § 486.125Refusal, revocation, or suspension of license; administrative fines and other disciplinary measures
- Fla. Stat. § 486.135False representation of licensure, or willful misrepresentation or fraudulent representation to obtain license, unlawful
- Fla. Stat. § 486.151Prohibited acts; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 486.153Injunctive relief
- Fla. Stat. § 486.161Exemptions1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 486.171Current valid licenses effective
- Fla. Stat. § 486.172Application of s. 456.021
Enacted in other states
Alabama, California, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma
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