6740 - Requirements for certification as a physical therapist assistant.

§ 6740. Requirements for certification  as  a  physical  therapist  assistant. a. Application: file an application with the department; b. Education: have received an education  including  completion  of  a  two-year  college  program  in a physical therapist assistant program or  equivalent in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to  the  state  board  for  physical therapy in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; c-1. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in  accordance with the commissioner's regulations; d. Age: be at least eighteen years of age; e.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the  department; f. Registration: all certified  physical  therapist  assistants  shall  register  triennially  with  the education department in accordance with  the regulations of the commissioner; g. Fees: pay a fee for an initial certificate of  forty-five  dollars,  and  for  the biennial registration period ending December thirty-first,  nineteen hundred eighty-two a fee of twenty dollars and a fee  of  fifty  dollars for each triennial registration period.