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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 688<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1470775,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368808,"identifier":"54.1-3477","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/1\/54.1-3477","url":"\/54.1-3477\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3477\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34.1\/1\/54.1-3477","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for licensure as a physical therapist","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3477","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist<\/span> shall submit evidence<\/span>, verified by affidavit<\/span> and satisfactory to the Board<\/span>, that the applicant:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Is eighteen years of age or more; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Is a graduate of a school of physical therapy approved by the American Physical Therapy Association or is a graduate of a school outside of the United States or Canada which is acceptable to the Board<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Has satisfactorily passed an examination approved by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST (\u00a7 54.1-3477)\n\nAn applicant for licensure as a physical therapist shall submit evidence,\nverified by affidavit and satisfactory to the Board, that the applicant:\n\n1. Is eighteen years of age or more;\n\n2. Is a graduate of a school of physical therapy approved by the American\nPhysical Therapy Association or is a graduate of a school outside of the United\nStates or Canada which is acceptable to the Board; and\n\n3. Has satisfactorily passed an examination approved by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 688.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}