Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant is regulated by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy while individual states are typically overseen by a State Board of Physical Therapy.  All 50 states require graduation from a CAPTE accredited program as well as passing the NPTE-PTA in order to obtain a license and practice as a Physical Therapist Assistant. 

The South College Associate of Science in Physical Therapist Assistant program offered at the Atlanta Campus is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Avenue, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22305-3085, phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditationsupport@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. The next review is scheduled for 2030. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please contact Scott Harp (Atlanta) at (470) 322-1226 or sharp@south.edu.

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