Physical Therapy DEGREE Physical Therapist Assistant A.A.S. Effective April 26, 2022, Frederick Community College PTA Program has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; phone: 703.706.3245; email: [email protected]. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call Amelia Iams, PT, DPT at 301.846.2644 or email [email protected]. Candidate for Accreditation is an accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program may matriculate 25 students in technical/professional courses. Achievement of Candidate for Accreditation status does not assure that the program will be granted Initial Accreditation. FCC will have to submit further documentation in a self-study report in December of 2023. The program will undergo another site visit and enrolled students and clinical partners maybe interviewed. The accreditation board will review all documents related to the self-study and site visit and determine a decision for accreditation prior to the graduation of the charter class. In order to obtain a license to practice Physical Therapy in the United States, you must pass a national licensure exam. To take the national exam you must graduate from an accredited program. According to the accreditation board for PTA programs “All credits and degrees earned and issued by a program holding candidacy are considered to be from an accredited program”, therefore all students in the charter class, who successfully complete the program will be able to sit for the national licensure exam. The national licensure exam for PTAs is provided several times a year. Students will be able to sit for the July 2024 exam following graduation from the program in May 2024. 33
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