00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 195(HES)                                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the licensure of physical therapists and physical therapy                                           
02 assistants."                                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.84.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  To be eligible for licensure by the board as a physical therapist or physical                                    
06 therapy assistant, an applicant, unless a graduate of a foreign school of physical                                      
07 therapy located outside the United States, shall                                                                        
08   (1)  have graduated from a school of physical therapy approved by the                                                
09 Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association [,]                                      
10 or the American Physical Therapy Association or have completed, to the satisfaction                                    
11 of the board, a resident course of study and professional instruction equivalent                                        
12 to that provided by a school approved by the Council on Medical Education and                                           
13 Hospitals of the American Medical Association or the American Physical Therapy                                          
14 Association;                                                                                                           
01   (2)  pass to the satisfaction of the board an examination prepared by a                                              
02 national testing service approved by the board to determine the applicant's fitness for                                 
03 practice as a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, or be entitled to licensure                             
04 without examination as provided in AS 08.84.060;                                                                        
05   (3)  meet qualifications for licensure established in regulations adopted                                            
06 by the board under AS 08.84.010(b).