37-11-201. General powers -- rulemaking power -- records. (1) The board may:
     (a) adopt rules to carry this chapter into effect;
     (b) grant, suspend, and revoke licenses;
     (c) issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers;
     (d) take any other disciplinary action necessary to protect the public.
     (2) The board shall:
     (a) examine applicants for licenses three times a year at reasonable places and times determined by the board;
     (b) review the qualifications of applicants who are approved for examination for licensure;
     (c) conduct written examinations that measure the qualifications of individual applicants along with any oral or practical examinations when determined by the board to be appropriate; and
     (d) adopt rules to establish continuing education requirements of at least 20 hours biennially for license renewal for physical therapists and assistants.
     (3) The department shall keep a record of the board's proceedings under this chapter and a register of persons licensed under it. The register must show the name of every licensed physical therapist and licensed assistant, the therapist's or assistant's last-known place of business and last-known place of residence, and the date of issue and the number of every license and certificate issued to a licensed physical therapist or licensed assistant.
     (4) The department shall, during the month of April every year in which the renewal of licenses is required, compile a list of licensed physical therapists authorized to practice physical therapy in the state and shall mail, upon request, a copy of that list to the superintendent of every known hospital and every person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state. An interested person in the state is entitled to obtain a copy of the list on application to the department and payment of an amount not in excess of the cost of the list.
     (5) The department may change addresses and surnames on the licensee's records only on the specific written request by the individual licensee.

     History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 39, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 249, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2514; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 449, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 491, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 115, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 253, L. 1995.