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  "heading": "Qualifications for license; physical therapists",
  "text": "To qualify for a license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall:\n\n(1) Be at least twenty-one years of age.\n\n(2) Be a citizen of the United States or have obtained legal authority to work in the United States, and have proper documentation evidencing this fact.\n\n(3) Be of good moral character.\n\n(4) Have paid all fees required by this Chapter.\n\n(5) Have graduated from a school of physical therapy, which school, at the time of such graduation, was approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education or the board.\n\n(6) Pass an examination to the satisfaction of the board as provided for in R.S. 37:2414.",
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      "name": "LOUISIANA PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT"
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