(a) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy in any state, the applicant shall have:
(1) Graduated from a physical therapy program that, in the year of graduation, was approved by:
(i) The American Medical Association;
(ii) The American Physical Therapy Association; or
(iii) The Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education; and
(2) Completed satisfactorily the clinical training required by the physical therapy curriculum.
(b) If an applicant for a physical therapy license has been educated in physical therapy outside of any state, the applicant shall have graduated from a physical therapy program that in the year of graduation had educational requirements equivalent to a degree in physical therapy from a United States program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education.