§ 6736. Exempt persons. a. This article shall not be construed to\naffect or prevent the administration of physical therapy or the use of\nmodalities by a person employed by a licensed physician or physical\ntherapist in his office, or in the civil service of the state or any\npolitical subdivision thereof, or in a hospital or clinic, or in an\ninfirmary maintained by a person, firm or corporation employing one or\nmore full-time licensed physicians or physical therapists, provided that\nsuch person was so employed for a period of at least two years prior to\nApril tenth, nineteen hundred fifty, and has been issued a written\nauthorization by the department.\n b. This article shall not be construed to affect or prevent:\n (1) a physical therapy student from engaging in clinical practice\nunder the supervision of a licensed physical therapist as part of a\nprogram conducted in an approved school of physical therapy or in a\nclinical facility or health care agency affiliated with the school of\nphysical therapy and supervision of a physical therapy student by a\nlicensed physical therapist shall be on-site supervision and not\nnecessarily direct personal supervision;\n (2) a physical therapist graduate of an approved program from engaging\nin clinical practice under the on-site, but not necessarily direct\npersonal supervision of a licensed physical therapist provided the\ngraduate has: (a) applied and paid a fee for the licensing and\nexamination, (b) applied and paid a fee for the temporary permit. This\nexemption shall not extend beyond ninety days after graduation;\n (3) a physical therapist licensed in another state or country from\nconducting a teaching clinical demonstration in connection with a\nprogram of basic clinical education, graduate education, or\npost-graduate education in an approved school of physical therapy or in\nits affiliated clinical facility or health care agency, or before a\ngroup of licensed physical therapists who are members of a professional\nsociety;\n (4) a physical therapist who is serving in the armed forces or the\npublic health service of the United States or is employed by the\nveterans administration from practicing the profession of physical\ntherapy, provided such practice is limited to such service or\nemployment.\n
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