HB 99 Summary

• Removes requirement for a physician member on the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; increases occupational therapist positions from two to three members.

• Allows board composition to include physical therapist assistants and occupational therapy assistants as alternative members instead of requiring licensed therapists only.

• Updates accreditation standards to reference "board-approved national accreditation agency" instead of specific named organizations, providing greater flexibility in recognized accrediting bodies.

• Modifies qualification requirements for foreign-educated applicants by changing "foreign-trained" terminology and updating references to acceptable accreditation standards and examination authorities.

• Updates terminology throughout statute from "physical therapy assistant" to "physical therapist assistant" and makes related conforming changes in criminal code and health care worker definitions.