Texas § 453.201 LICENSE REQUIRED; USE OF TITLE.

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§ 453.201 — LICENSE REQUIRED; USE OF TITLE.

Texas § 453.201

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 453.201 (2026).

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Sec. 453.201. 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

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Sec. 453.201. 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.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.2095, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 474 (S.B. 1099 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.