Physical Therapy Board Hears Petition by Scott Wei Ho Kwan; Admits Mitigation Documents, Takes Matter Under Submission

The Physical Therapy Board of California heard a petition Dec. 11 from licensee Scott Wei Ho Kwan asking the board to reduce and terminate conditions of a multi‑year probation tied to conduct dating to 2018. The hearing was held in Sacramento before Administrative Law Judge Corin Wong; Deputy Attorney General Jade Walensky represented the people of California.

Walensky summarized the accusation against Kwan and introduced Exhibits 1–5: jurisdictional materials, a certified copy of prior decisions, the petitioner’s petitions for early termination and reduction of penalty, and certified probation records. The accusation, she said, alleged that at a 2018 visit an unlicensed aide set up and used electrical stimulation on a patient and that reused electrode pads caused blisters. The prosecution told the board it found nine causes for discipline, including negligent care, inadequate recordkeeping, aiding unlicensed practice, and failure to supervise and document PTA/PT aide competency. After court‑level proceedings and a superior court remand, Walensky said the board had ordered four years of probation following reconsideration.

Kwan, who identified and spelled his name on the record, repeatedly acknowledged responsibility for the documented failures and described steps he says he took to remediate risks. “I accept responsibility for what I did,” he told the board. He said his clinic stopped allowing PT aides to perform electrical stimulation in 2019 and that only licensed physical therapists or licensed PT assistants now set parameters and apply the modality. “E‑stim is no longer done [by aides],”…