00SENATE BILL NO. 91                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the regulation of physical therapists and physical therapy                                          
02 assistants; extending the termination date of the State Physical Therapy and                                            
03 Occupational Therapy Board; and providing for an effective date."                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(16) is amended to read:                                                                
06   (16)  State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board                                                          
07 (AS 08.84.010) -- June 30, 2003 [1997];                                                                               
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.84.032(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
09  (a)  To be eligible for licensure by the board as a physical therapist or physical                                    
10 therapy assistant, an applicant who is a graduate of a school of physical therapy that                                  
11 is located outside of the United States shall                                                                           
12   (1)  have completed, to the satisfaction of the board, a resident course                                             
13 of study and professional instruction equivalent to that provided by a school approved                                  
14 by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical                                               

01 Association or the American Physical Therapy Association, and furnish documentary                                       
02 evidence of compliance with this paragraph, translated, if necessary, into the English                                  
03 language by a person verifying the accuracy of the translations;                                                        
04   (2)  have completed, to the satisfaction of the board, an internship under                                           
05 the continuous direction and immediate supervision of a physical therapist in an                                        
06 institution that ordinarily provides physical therapy and is approved by the board, for                                 
07 that period of time specified by the board, and furnish documentary evidence of                                         
08 compliance with this paragraph;                                                                                         
09   (3)  at the discretion of the board, demonstrate an ability to                                                      
10 effectively speak English through an interview with [PASS AN ORAL                                                      
11 EXAMINATION ADMINISTERED BY] a member of the board;                                                                     
12   (4)  have met applicable requirements under the federal Immigration and                                              
13 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), unless a United States citizen;                                                
14   (5)  pass the examination administered by the board under                                                            
15 AS 08.84.030(a)(2); and                                                                                                 
16   (6)  pay the fee required under AS 08.84.050.                                                                        
17    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.