SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        429

(2) Persons who shall enter physical therapy training after June
1, 1947, shall be required to meet one of the following educational
requirements in order to be eligible to take the examination for
license in the State of Maryland:

(A)    Graduation from an accredited school of nursing plus an
accredited course in physical therapy of not less than 9 months; or

(B)    Graduation from an accredited school of physical education
plus an accredited course in physical therapy of not less than 9
months; or

(C)    Completion of three years of college with science courses
plus an accredited course in physical therapy of not less than 9
months; or

(D)    Graduation from a high school plus a four (4) year college
course with a major in physical therapy; or

(E)    Graduation in medical technology with B.S. degree plus an
accredited course in physical therapy of not less than 9 months.

(c) Persons licensed outside of State. Any physical therapist
licensed or registered in any other state which has heretofore or
which will hereafter establish such licensing or registering require-
ments by a legally constituted board with standards approved by the
State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners of Maryland, and whose
qualifications are equal to those of this State, in the discretion of said
Board, may be eligible to receive a license as a physical therapist in
this State without examination.]

(a)    All persons who make application for license shall meet the
following requirements :

(1)    Be of good moral character.

(2)    If educated in the United States or Puerto Rico, be a grad-
uate of a school or course of physical therapy which, in the year of
graduation, is approved by the Council on Medical Education of the
American Medical Association and/or the American Physical Ther-
apy Association; if educated in a foreign country, be a graduate
of a school or course of physical therapy which has educational re-
quirements comparable to those approved by the Council on Medical
Education of the American Medical Association and/or the Amer-
ican Physical Therapy Association, and have his or her credentials
approved by the American Physical Therapy Association.

(b)    Any physical therapist who is licensed or registered in any
other State, Commonwealth, Possession of the United States, or
the District of Columbia, and who meets the qualifications for
licensure by examination in Maryland, and was licensed by exami-
nation in the other State may, at the discretion of the Board, be
eligible to receive a license as a physical therapist in this State,
without examination.

(c)    Before commencing the practice of physical therapy in Mary-
land, a written application for license, and such other documents as
the Board may require, must be filed with the Board and a tem-
porary license issued. The Board shall issue a temporary license
to a person who has applied for a license under subsection (a) and
who is eligible to take the examination as provided herein. The