SECTION 435:20-3-3. Criteria for disqualification as a physical therapy assistant

  No license will be issued to a Physical Therapy Assistant who has:

(1)   Practiced other than under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist;

(2)   Used drugs or alcohol excessively, affecting competence or judgment, unless is able to provide satisfactory evidence of rehabilitation and participation efforts;

(3)   Been convicted of a felony crime that substantially relates to the occupation of physical therapy or poses a reasonable threat to public safety or of a misdemeanor crime involving moral turpitude;

(4)   Been adjudged mentally incompetent unless competency has been legally re-established;

(5)   Conducted himself/herself in a manner considered improper by recognized acceptable standards of moral and ethical conduct.

[Source: Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1750, eff 9-12-16]