Section 844IAC6-1-4. Accreditation of educational programs

   (a) The committee shall maintain a list of physical therapy and physical therapist's assistant educational programs that the committee has approved. This list shall be available in written form from the Health Professions Bureau, 402 West Washington Street, Room W066, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

  (b) An approved program is one maintaining standards equivalent to those adopted by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), Accreditation Handbook, April 2002 edition. These standards are hereby adopted as those of the committee and are hereby incorporated by reference under IC 4-22-2-21 and do not include any amendments or subsequent editions. A copy of such standards shall be available for public inspection at the office of the Health Professions Bureau, 402 West Washington Street, Room W066, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Copies of such standards are available from the American Physical Therapy Association, 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or at http://www.apta.org/Education/accreditation.

  (c) An educational program, or a graduate or candidate for graduation from an educational program, which is not on the list of approved programs maintained by the committee, may apply to the committee for approval by petition demonstrating that the educational program meets the committee's standards for approval.

  (d) The committee may remove an educational program from its list of approved programs upon the grounds that the educational program no longer meets its standards for approval. (Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; 844 IAC 6-1-4; filed Aug 6, 1987, 3:00 p.m.: 10 IR 2732; filed Sep 22, 1994, 4:30 p.m.: 18 IR 263; readopted filed Nov 9, 2001, 3:16 p.m.: 25 IR 1325; filed Oct 7, 2002, 11:51 a.m.: 26 IR 377; filed Aug 26, 2004, 10:20 a.m.: 28 IR 203; readopted filed Nov 17, 2010, 9:48 a.m.: 20101215-IR-844100405RFA)