2012 Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 26. PHYSICAL THERAPY AND ATHLETIC TRAINING
§ 2605. License or registration required; exceptions.

(a) No person shall practice nor hold oneself out as being able to practice physical therapy or athletic training in this State or act as a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant or athletic trainer in any manner whatsoever whether or not compensation is received or expected unless the person is licensed or registered in accordance with this chapter and such license or registration is in good standing or has not been suspended or revoked.

(b) This chapter shall not prohibit any person registered or licensed to practice in this State under any other law from engaging in that practice for which such person is registered or licensed.

(c) This chapter shall not prohibit students, whether or not licensed in Delaware, who are enrolled in either schools or post-graduate courses of physical therapy or athletic training recognized by the Board from performing such work or acts of physical therapy or athletic training as is incidental to their respective course of study while under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist or licensed athletic trainer in their respective training mode.

(d) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any person employed by an agency, bureau or division of the federal government while in the discharge of official duties; however, if such person engages in the practice of physical therapy or athletic training in this State outside the scope of such official duty, the person must be licensed as herein provided.

(e) This chapter shall not prohibit visiting athletic trainers from performing athletic training in the State in a nonclinical setting during the designated times of an event; however, while in the State, all visiting athletic trainers must abide by Delaware laws, rules and regulations relating to athletic training.

(f) This chapter shall not limit or restrict those who are engaged in certain occupations or jobs which may or may not require a license or registration such as, but not limited to, physical education teachers, coaches, health or recreation directors and instructors at health clubs or spas, water safety instructors and masseurs. The duties which may be properly undertaken in such occupation or job include the nontherapeutic administration of baths, massage, normal conditioning and the like to normal subjects, that is, those persons who have no specific pathology. First aid subjects are excluded.

24 Del. C. 1953, § 2606; 50 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 1; 58 Del. Laws, c. 330, § 2; 64 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 97, §§ 6-10; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;