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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 453.201. License Required; Use of Title

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A person may not practice physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist assistant, unless the person is an individual who holds a license issued by the board.

(b) A person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not extend or provide physical therapy services unless the services are provided by a physical therapist.

(c) A person is considered to be practicing physical therapy if the person:

(1) performs, offers to perform, or attempts to perform physical therapy; or

(2) publicly professes to be or holds the person out to be a physical therapist or as providing physical therapy.

(d) Unless the person is a physical therapist, a person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not use in connection with the person's name or business activity:

(1) the words “physical therapy,” “physical therapist,” “physiotherapy,” “physiotherapist,” “licensed physical therapist,” “registered physical therapist,” or “physical therapist assistant”;

(2) the letters “PT,” “PhT,” “LPT,” “RPT,” “DPT,” “MPT,” or “PTA”; or

(3) any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying, by any means or in any way, that physical therapy is provided or supplied.

(e) A person may not use the title “Physical Therapist” unless the person is a physical therapist.

(f) A person may not use the title “Physical Therapist Assistant” unless the person is a physical therapist assistant.

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