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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="13-302" title_number="13" title_name="Physical Therapists" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To qualify for a physical therapy license, an applicant shall be an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets the requirements of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>This section; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>§ 13–303 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submits to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 13–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To qualify for a physical therapist assistant license, an applicant shall be an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Meets the requirements of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>This section; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>§ 13–304 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submits to a criminal history records check in accordance with § 13–302.1 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The applicant shall be of good moral character.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the applicant shall pass the appropriate examination given by the Board under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The applicant shall meet any other qualifications or requirements that the Board establishes for license applicants.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board shall require as part of its examination or licensing procedures that an applicant for a license to practice physical therapy or limited physical therapy demonstrate written and oral competency in the English language.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant is exempt from English language competency testing under paragraph (1) of this subsection if the applicant graduated from a physical therapy program that was taught in English.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By regulation, the Board shall develop a procedure for testing individuals who because of their speech impairment are unable to complete satisfactorily a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If any disciplinary charges or action that involves a problem with the oral communication of the English language are brought against a licensee under this title, the Board shall require the licensee to take and pass a Board approved standardized test of oral competency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
