LICENSE REQUIRED; USE OF TITLE

(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.