AB 2774: Physical Therapy Board of California.

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Assembly
Latest Version Date: 2026-04-22

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-06-30: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

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Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, establishes the Physical Therapy Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure, approval, and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Existing law prescribes specified fees for licenses issued by the board. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2027, at which time the board is subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. the board and its authority to employ an executive officer on January 1, 2027.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the Physical Therapy Board of California through the joint legislative sunset review oversight process and to subsequently include in this bill recommendations produced through that process. The bill would also make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provisions.

This bill would extend the boards authority to enforce and administer the act and to appoint an executive officer until January 1, 2031. The bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions prescribing fees for licenses issued by the board.

Existing law authorizes a person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of a penalty after a specified period of time has elapsed. Existing law prohibits the board from considering a petition while the petitioner is under sentence for any criminal offense, including any period of court-imposed probation or parole, or while there is an accusation or petition to revoke probation pending against the petitioner.

This bill would further prohibit the board from considering a petition if the applicant is required to register as a sex offender, as specified. The bill would except from this prohibition an applicant whose requirement to register as a sex offender is based solely on a misdemeanor conviction. The bill would also prohibit the board from considering a petition if the conduct underlying the petitioners conviction involved certain sexual misconduct.

Discussed in Hearing