Physical Therapy Board of California

The law keeps the board operating and funded to license and regulate physical therapists and assistants. It also limits when disciplined licensees with specified sex-offense histories may seek reinstatement or reduced penalties.

What the law does ​

• Extends the Physical Therapy Board of California’s authority and its executive officer through January 1, 2031.
• Requires legislative policy-committee review when the board’s authority expires.
• Raises physical therapist and physical therapist assistant application, issuance, and renewal fees to $300, with board-adjustable caps of $600 for those fees.
• Raises the physical therapist license-issuance fee to $150, with a board-adjustable cap of $300.
• Bars the board from considering reinstatement or penalty-modification petitions from certain applicants required to register as sex offenders or whose conviction involved specified sexual misconduct, while preserving an exception for registration based solely on a misdemeanor indecent-exposure conviction.

Who it affects ​

• Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants applying for or renewing California licenses.
• Licensees whose licenses were revoked or suspended, or who are on probation and seek reinstatement or modified discipline.
• The Physical Therapy Board of California and its staff.

Context ​

Public protection remains the board’s highest priority in licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary decisions.