Tex. Occupations Code § 453.201
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 453.201, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 453.201. LICENSE REQUIRED; USE OF TITLE.
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(a) A person may not practice physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist assistant, unless the person is an individual who holds a license issued by the board.
(b) A person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not extend or provide physical therapy services unless the services are provided by a physical therapist.
(c) A person is considered to be practicing physical therapy if the person:
(1) performs, offers to perform, or attempts to perform physical therapy; or
(2) publicly professes to be or holds the person out to be a physical therapist or as providing physical therapy.
(d) Unless the person is a physical therapist, a person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not use in connection with the person's name or business activity:
(1) the words "physical therapy," "physical therapist," "physiotherapy," "physiotherapist," "licensed physical therapist," "registered physical therapist," or "physical therapist assistant";
(2) the letters "PT," "PhT," "LPT," "RPT," "DPT," "MPT," or "PTA"; or
(3) any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying, by any means or in any way, that physical therapy is provided or supplied.
(e) A person may not use the title "Physical Therapist" unless the person is a physical therapist.
(f) A person may not use the title "Physical Therapist Assistant" unless the person is a physical therapist assistant.
(b) A person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not extend or provide physical therapy services unless the services are provided by a physical therapist.
(c) A person is considered to be practicing physical therapy if the person:
(1) performs, offers to perform, or attempts to perform physical therapy; or
(2) publicly professes to be or holds the person out to be a physical therapist or as providing physical therapy.
(d) Unless the person is a physical therapist, a person, including the person's employee or other agent or representative, may not use in connection with the person's name or business activity:
(1) the words "physical therapy," "physical therapist," "physiotherapy," "physiotherapist," "licensed physical therapist," "registered physical therapist," or "physical therapist assistant";
(2) the letters "PT," "PhT," "LPT," "RPT," "DPT," "MPT," or "PTA"; or
(3) any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying, by any means or in any way, that physical therapy is provided or supplied.
(e) A person may not use the title "Physical Therapist" unless the person is a physical therapist.
(f) A person may not use the title "Physical Therapist Assistant" unless the person is a physical therapist assistant.
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