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Board moves to withdraw recognition for 18 continuing‑competency providers as part of licensing cleanup
Summary
Assistant Executive Officer Sarah Conley updated the board on continuing competency improvements and presented staff recommendations to withdraw recognition from 18 approval agencies; the board approved each withdrawal by recorded 4‑0 votes (Tanya McMillan absent).
The Physical Therapy Board of California’s licensing staff proposed removing recognition from 18 continuing‑competency approval agencies after outreach failed to confirm current contact information or after the agencies requested withdrawal.
Sarah Conley, assistant executive officer for licensing services, summarized continuing‑competency work to date and said staff are building a more robust database of recognized approval agencies to improve audit efficiency and licensee access to course information. Conley said the board is pursuing a future regulatory proposal to authorize a fee for recognized approval agencies and that collecting accurate agency information will help set a fee that reflects program costs.
Board action: The board considered each of 18 approval agencies individually and approved staff’s recommended withdrawals by recorded votes, each carried 4‑0 with one member absent. The agencies voted to be removed (staff reason summarized) were:
1) ARC Seminars — failed to respond to requests for information 2) Back Project Corporation — requested withdrawal 3) Canyon Ridge Physical Therapy — failed to comply with information requests 4) Contemporary Forums — failed to comply 5) Intercollegiate Academic Clinical Coordinators Council (IACCC) — failed to comply (on list since 02/2010) 6) Innovative Healthcare Partners LLC — failed to comply 7) Institute for Brain Potential — requested withdrawal 8) Meridian Regional Medical Center — requested withdrawal 9) Memorial Medical Center — requested withdrawal 10) NeuroDevelopmental Treatment Association (NDTA) — requested withdrawal (staff noted NDTA content may still be approved under other recognized agencies) 11) ProMedica — requested withdrawal 12) Providence Home Health Orange County — failed to comply 13) Rancho Physical Therapy — requested withdrawal 14) Sharp Home Health — requested withdrawal 15) The Brain Cell — failed to comply 16) Trabon Physical Therapy — requested withdrawal 17) Urban Polling — requested withdrawal 18) Wound Care Gurus LLC — failed to comply
For each motion staff recommended removal language; motions were made and seconded and then carried on board roll-call votes. Staff said agencies that request withdrawal may reapply in the future; agencies removed due to nonresponse may also reapply if they contact the board.
Why it matters: The board’s continuing competency program relies on a list of recognized approval agencies to support audits and to provide licensees with reliable, approvable course options. Conley said a cleaner, current list will streamline audits and, later, help determine any agency fee required to sustain the program.
What’s next: Staff will continue outreach, update contact information, and implement database improvements that can eventually feed into regulatory changes for approval‑agency fees and better public access to course catalogs.
