36-10-27. Application for license--Fee--Evidence of qualifications.
A person desiring to practice physical therapy in South Dakota shall file a written application with the Board of Examiners on forms provided by the board, together with an application fee, set by rule pursuant to chapter 1-26, not to exceed sixty dollars. The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is of good moral character and has graduated from a physical therapy curriculum accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. If the applicant has graduated from a physical therapy curriculum that is not accredited by an accrediting body, the applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that:
(1)The applicant has completed a course of professional instruction equivalent to an approved program accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation; and
(2)The applicant has achieved a score of at least five hundred fifty on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination, or a passing score on a comparative nationally recognized examination approved by the board, or has completed two years of secondary or postsecondary education in any educational institution in which the instruction is conducted in English.
Source: SL 1955, ch 96, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §27.09A03; SDCL §36-10-4; SL 1972, ch 205, §2; SL 1988, ch 300, §1; SL 1996, ch 231, §5; SL 2017, ch 173, §4.