Occupations and Professions
Physical Therapy Practice Act
Section 503
Lawful and unlawful use of titles and terms -- Unlawful advertising or promotion.
     58-24b-503.   Lawful and unlawful use of titles and terms -- Unlawful advertising or promotion.
     (1) A person who is a licensed physical therapist shall use the letters "PT" in connection with the person's name or business in order to indicate that the person is a licensed physical therapist.
     (2) A person who is a licensed physical therapist assistant shall use the letters "PTA" in connection with the person's name or business in order to indicate that the person is a licensed physical therapist assistant.
     (3) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist, a licensed physical therapist assistant, or a person described in Subsection 58-24b-304(1)(e) to:
     (a) use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:
     (i) physical therapy, except to the extent that the word is used to describe conduct that a person is licensed to engage in under another law of the state;
     (ii) physiotherapy; or
     (iii) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person practices physical therapy; or
     (b) offer, provide, or bill a person for:
     (i) physical therapy services or anything that is characterized as physical therapy services; or
     (ii) physiotherapy services or anything that is characterized as physiotherapy services.
     (4) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist to:
     (a) except as provided in Subsection (6), use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:
     (i) physical therapist;
     (ii) physiotherapist;
     (iii) PT;
     (iv) DPT;
     (v) MPT; or
     (vi) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person is a physical therapist or physiotherapist;
     (b) advertise that a person who is not a licensed physical therapist is a physical therapist or physiotherapist; or
     (c) promote a person who is not a licensed physical therapist as a physical therapist or physiotherapist.
     (5) It is unlawful for a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant to:
     (a) use, in connection with the person's name or business, any of the following words or abbreviations:
     (i) physical therapist assistant;
     (ii) physiotherapist assistant;
     (iii) PTA; or
     (iv) any other word, abbreviation, or insignia, indicating or implying, directly or indirectly, that the person is a physical therapist assistant or a physiotherapist assistant;
     (b) advertise that a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant is a physical therapist assistant or a physiotherapist assistant; or


     (c) promote a person who is not a licensed physical therapist assistant as a physical therapist assistant or physiotherapist assistant.
     (6) Subsection (4)(a) does not prohibit a person from using a word or abbreviation described in Subsection (4)(a) in connection with the person's business, if the person employs a physical therapist at the person's business.

Enacted by Chapter 220, 2009 General Session
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