PHYSICAL THERAPY BOARD:

The Board of Physical Therapy is an agency of the State of Minnesota. The Governor appoints the eleven member board which is comprised of five physical therapists, two physical therapist assistants, one medical doctor, and three public members. Since the 1950s the Medical Examiners Board (now known at the Medical Practice Board) regulated and licensed physical therapists. In 1999 the Physical Therapy Board was established by legislation, and regulates and licenses physical therapists.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Board of Physical Therapy. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2021-45

Processing Information:

Processed by: Charles Rodgers, June 2021

Digitized by: Minnesota Historical Society, May 2023.

Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.

Catalog ID number: 9989798339904294

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Health occupations licensing boards -- Minnesota.

Physical therapists -- Licenses -- Minnesota.

Organizations:

Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.

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