§461J-4  Board of physical therapy;
establishment, appointment, membership.  (a)  There is established within
the department of commerce and consumer affairs for administrative purposes the
board of physical therapy.  The board shall consist of seven members.  Four
members shall be physical therapists, one member shall be a physician,
osteopathic physician, or surgeon with a permanent license under chapter 453,
or a dentist with a permanent license under chapter 448, and two members shall
be consumers.  All members shall be at least eighteen years of age and
residents of the State.



(b)  Each physical therapist member of the
board shall possess a valid permanent license as a physical therapist and shall
have, after graduation from a school of physical therapy, at least three years
of full-time experience or the equivalent in any of the following areas or in
any combination of the following:  clinical physical therapy services,
administration in physical therapy or related health fields, or teaching in an
educational program to prepare practitioners of physical therapy.



(c)  The governor may appoint and fill each
vacancy on the board pursuant to section 26-34. [L 1985, c 276, pt of §1; am L
1992, c 202, §140; am L 1993, c 150, §4 and c 322, §13; am L 1997, c 229, §1;
am L 2009, c 11, §64]



 



Note



 



  The 2009 amendment is retroactive to April 3, 2008.  L 2009,
c 11, §76(2).