1762                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 860

of the American Medical Association and/or the American Physical Therapy
Association, and have his or her credentials approved by the American Physical
Therapy Association.

(3) IF APPLYING FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST
ASSISTANT, BE A GRADUATE OF A CURRICULUM FOR PHYSICAL
THERAPIST ASSISTANTS WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN
PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION.

(b)  Any physical therapist OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT 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 OR REGISTERED by
examination in the other state may, at the discretion of the Board, be eligible to
receive a license as a physical therapist OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST
ASSISTANT in this State, without examination.

(c)  Before commencing [the] practice [of physical therapy] AS A PHYSICAL
THERAPIST OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT in Maryland, a
written application for license, and such other documents as the Board may
require, must be filed with the Board and a temporary 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
temporary license shall not exceed the date of the next scheduled examination and
shall expire when the Board makes a final determination with respect to the
application. At the discretion of the Board, a temporary license may be renewed
only once, and the renewal shall not exceed the date of the next scheduled
examination.

611.

All persons licensed as physical therapists OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST
ASSISTANTS under the provisions of this subtitle shall, as a condition precedent
to the granting of such license, pay to the State Board of Physical Therapy
Examiners, a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) which shall accompany the application for
the license. Said fee shall be retained by the Board, whether or not the license is
issued. All licenses shall be renewed annually by application to the Board, upon
payment of a renewal fee of five dollars ($5.00), and the renewal of license shall be
granted unless the licensee improperly or unlawfully obtained the license in the first
instance, or since its issuance has committed a substantial violation of any of the
provisions of this subtitle. Each license [issued or renewed after June 1, 1951,]
shall be renewed annually upon payment of a renewal fee of five dollars ($5.00).
Any licensee who fails to make application for renewal of his or her license within
three months of its expiration, accompanied by the required renewal fee, shall be
refused a renewal until he or she shall have successfully passed the examination as
set forth in subsection (b) of § 610 of this subtitle and paid the ten dollar ($10.00)
fee hereinbefore set forth for such examination.

612.

All persons licensed as physical therapists under the provisions of this subtitle,
and no others, shall be known as physical therapists and shall be entitled to use the
abbreviation "P.T." or any other words, letters or symbols which indicate that the
person using the same is a licensed physical therapist and authorized to practice as
such in this State. ALL PERSONS LICENSED AS PHYSICAL THERAPIST
ASSISTANTS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO USE THE ABBREVIATION
"P.T.A.". The State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners shall send to the State
Board of Health the name and address of each person licensed as a physical