Physical Therapy Board hearing on James K. Cho deferred after testimony about unlicensed assistant and alleged overtreatment

An administrative law judge and the Physical Therapy Board of California heard testimony June 25 in Sacramento in a disciplinary proceeding involving licensee James Kyongh Ahon Cho, who sought early termination of a five-year stipulated probation imposed after allegations of supervising an unlicensed physical therapy assistant and related record-keeping and treatment concerns.

The California Attorney General’s attorney objected to early termination, saying the offenses were “egregious,” and noting that some patients were “as old as 93 years old” and resided in a skilled nursing home. The attorney urged the board to let Cho serve the full five-year probation term. Defense counsel Charles Webb said Cho “takes full responsibility” and asked the board to end probation early because Cho has complied with probation conditions for about two-and-a-half years.

The administrative-law…