# Title 61.5 — North Dakota Board of Physical Therapy

## Article 61.5-01 — General Administration

## Chapter 61.5-01-01 — Organization of the Board

### § 61.5-01-01-01. Organization of the North Dakota board of physical therapy.

1. History. The state examining committee for physical therapists was created in 1959 to assist
the state board of medical examiners in the examination and registration of physical therapists
in North Dakota. While it operated as a separate committee, it was by law an advisory
committee to the state board of medical examiners. The forty-sixth legislative assembly in
1979 revamped most of North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-26 on physical therapists, and
in the process made the committee a separate entity with complete jurisdiction over the
examination and registration of physical therapists. In 1989, the legislative assembly allowed
physical therapists to practice without a physician referral and in 2005 the fifty-ninth legislative
assembly completely revised the physical therapy practice act and renamed the committee the
North Dakota board of physical therapy.
2. Meetings. Any board member who fails to attend two consecutive annual meetings shall have
been deemed to have resigned unless the member has reasons satisfactory to the board for
being unable to attend.
3. Compensation. Board members shall receive expenses from board funds for each day or a
portion thereof spent in board work as provided for other state officers in North Dakota
Century Code chapter 44-08.
4. Executive officer. The board shall designate an executive officer and shall compensate any
person it hires to administer the board's duties.
Contact information is available on the North Dakota board of physical therapy website at
www.ndbpt.org.
History: Effective December 1, 1980; amended effective August 1, 1983; April 1, 1988; April 1, 1992;
February 1, 1993; July 1, 2004; April 1, 2006; January 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02.1, 43-26.1-02, 43-26.1-03
