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Members of the Alabama Board of Physical Therapy
are appointed for staggered terms of five years each, so that one member's term
expires each year. Members of the board are appointed by the Governor
from a list of five person nominated for each place on the board by current
licensees and certified to the Governor by the Board.
Qualifications for nominees are: (1) Be a resident and citizen of the state;
(2) Have practiced physical therapy within the State of Alabama for three years
preceding his or her appointment; (3) Shall have no disciplinary action against
their license for the three years preceding his or her appointment; and (4)
must provide written, signed consent to serve.
The Board is currently accepting nominations of current licensees who reside in
the northern section of the state to fill one Physical
Therapist Assistant position on the board currently filled by Dillard Nathan
McGriff, PTA who is eligible for reappointment. Only physical therapists
and physical therapists assistants holding a current license in Alabama are
allowed to nominate licensees and vote to select five names for the position to
be certified to the Governor.
Nomination, which must include a written, signed consent-to-serve letter from
each nominee, must be mailed to the Board's office to be received no later than
March 9, 2018. Late nominations will not be accepted.
In the event five nominations are not received prior to the March 9, 2018
deadline, the board will request nominations from the state-at-large to be
received in the board's office no later than April 9, 2018. Nominations
will be accepted from the floor during the Board's election meeting on April
21, 2018. Any person nominated from the floor must provide the Board with
written, signed consent-to-serve letter or be present to provide the consent-to
serve verbally.
The Board's election meeting will be held on Saturday April 21, 2018 at the
Perdido Key Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama in conjunction with the Alabama
Physical Therapy Association spring business meeting.
If you have any questions about nominations/elections/appointments, please
contact us at (334) 242-4064 or info@pt.alabama.gov.
For more information, visit http://pt.alabama.gov
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