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Physical Therapy Practice Act | |
Section 503 | Lawful and unlawful use of titles and terms -- Unlawful advertising or promotion. |
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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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