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Connecticut Physical Therapy License Exemptions

The following are exempt from Connecticut’s physical therapy license requirements:

  • The incidental care of the sick by domestic servants or by persons principally employed as housekeepers or as athletic trainers, nor prohibit any person from the domestic administration of family remedies or the furnishing of assistance in the case of emergency. 
  • Persons registered under the provisions of chapter 372, 373, 375 or 378 from administering care to patients.
  • The sick with or without compensation or personal profit in connection with the practice of the religious tenets of any church by adherents thereof, provided such persons shall not otherwise engage in the practice of physical therapy or assist in the practice of physical therapy. 
  • Students who are enrolled in schools or courses of PT or PTA programs approved by the Board of Examiners for Physical Therapists with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health from performing such work as is incidental to their respective courses of study.
  • Any PT from another state from doing such PT’s work or other physical therapy activities as is incidental to the person's course of study when taking or giving a postgraduate course or other courses of study in Connecticut approved by said board. 
  • Persons in the service of the federal government are excluded from the provisions of the law.

Reference

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 376-20-74

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Zachary Edgar JD, LLM is Therapy Comply's managing partner.  Zachary is a healthcare attorney who specializes in federal and state healthcare regulatory issues particularly for physical, occupational, and speech therapy practices.  

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