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PUBLIC LAW 87-280-SEPT. 22, 1961

[75 S T A T.

COURT REVIEW

D. C, C o d e 11772.

SEC. 14. Any person aggrieved by any final decision or final order of the Commissioners denying, suspending, or revoking any registration, or renewal of registration, issued or applied for under this Act may obtain a review thereof in the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and may seek a review by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of any judgment of the municipal court of appeals entered pursuant to its review of any such decision or order, all in accordance with subsection (f) of section 7 of the Act approved April 1, 1942, as added by the Act approved August 31, 1954 (68 Stat. 1049). U N A U T H O R I Z E D PRACTICE OF P H Y S I C A L THE R A P Y

SEC. 15. I t shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia to— (a) sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma, license, certificate of registration, or record required by this Act, or required by the Commissioners under authority of this Act, or aid or abet in the selling, fraudulently obtaining, or furnishing thereof; (b) practice physical therapy under cover of any diploma, certificate of registration, or record required by this Act or required by the Commissioners under authority of this Act, illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent registration; (c) use in connection with her name any designation tending to imply that she is a registered physical therapist unless duly registered under provisions of this Act; (d) practice physical therapy during the time her registration shall be suspended or revoked. PRACTICE OF REGISTERED P H Y S I C A L THE R A P I S T S

45 Stat. 1326.

D. C. C o d e 2139.

SEC. 16. A person registered under this Act as a physical therapist shall not treat human ailments b;^ physical therapy or otherwise except under the prescription and direction of a person duly licensed or registered under the Healing Arts Practice Act of the District of Columbia. ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 17. Any person who shall violate the provisions of section 4, 15, or 16 of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. CONDUCT OF PROSECUTIONS

SEC. 18. (a) Prosecutions for violations of any provisions of section 4, 15, or 16 of this Act shall be conducted in the name of the District of Columbia in the municipal court for the District of Columbia, by i he Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. (b) I t shall be necessary to prove in any prosecution or hearing under this Act only a single act prohibited by law or a single holding out or an attempt without proving a general course of conduct in order to constitute a violation.

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