Sec. 20-70a. Practice pending examination results for graduates of foreign physical therapy schools.
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Any applicant for examination for licensure as a physical therapist whose application is based on a diploma issued to the applicant by a foreign physical therapy school shall furnish documentary evidence, satisfactory to the department that the requirements for graduation are similar to or higher than those required of graduates of approved United States schools of therapy. Any applicant under this section whose application has been filed and approved by said department may practice as a physical therapist under the continuous direction and immediate supervision of a physical therapist licensed to practice in this state, in a licensed health care facility, for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty calendar days after the date of application, provided this privilege shall automatically cease on failure of an applicant to pass the examination.