A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke a license to any person, after notice and hearing in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Physical Therapy Practice Act and the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act of the Oklahoma Statutes who has:

1. Practiced physical therapy for workers' compensation claims other than under the referral of a physician, surgeon, dentist, chiropractor or podiatrist duly licensed to practice medicine or surgery, a physician assistant, or in the case of practice as a physical therapist assistant, has practiced other than under the direction of a licensed physical therapist;

2. Treated or attempted to treat ailments or other health conditions of human beings other than by physical therapy as authorized by the Physical Therapy Practice Act;

3. Failed to refer patients to other health care providers if symptoms are known to be present for which physical therapy treatment is inadvisable or if symptoms indicate conditions for which treatment is outside the standards of practice as specified in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Therapy Practice Act;

4. Used drugs, narcotics, medication, or intoxicating liquors to an extent which affects the professional competency of the applicant or licensee;

5. Been convicted of a felony crime that substantially relates to the occupation of physical therapy and poses a reasonable threat to public safety;

6. Obtained or attempted to obtain a license as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant by fraud or deception;

7. Been grossly negligent in the practice of physical therapy or in acting as a physical therapist assistant;

8. Been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction and has not subsequently been lawfully declared sane;

9. Been guilty of conduct unbecoming a person licensed as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant or guilty of conduct detrimental to the best interests of the public or the profession;

10. Been guilty of any act in conflict with the ethics of the profession of physical therapy; or

11. Had a license suspended or revoked in another state.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 153, § 13, emerg. eff. May 26, 1965. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 345, § 9; Laws 1987, c. 13, § 11, eff. July 1, 1987; Laws 2008, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 2008; Laws 2014, c. 324, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 183, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 38, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.