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California Law Exam Physical Therapy Practice Tests

The California Law Exam became the CAL-JAM in July 2024; practice the same law one question at a time.

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Questions
50
To pass
40 of 50 right (80%)
Time limit
90 minutes
Fee
$50, plus a processing fee of 1.6% rounded up to the next dollar
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Checked October 9, 2026 against the Physical Therapy Board of California's CAL-JAM page and FSBPT's California JAM page. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Definitions and what physical therapy is 3

  • Under Section 2601, what is "physiotherapy"? B&P Code 2601(e)
  • Which of these does a physical therapist license not authorize, under Section 2620? B&P Code 2620(a)
  • Which term does Section 2601 treat as identical to "physical therapy aide"? B&P Code 2601(d)

The Board's powers and duties 3

  • How often must the Board meet? B&P Code 2611
  • What is the Physical Therapy Board of California's highest priority in licensing, regulation and discipline? B&P Code 2602.1
  • Who sits on the Physical Therapy Board of California? B&P Code 2603

Licensure, examination and renewal 24

  • A license has been expired for more than five years. What can its holder do? B&P Code 2647
  • A licensee is on full-time active military service. Which renewal duty is waived? B&P Code 2648
  • A physical therapist license applicant fails the first examination attempt. What follows? B&P Code 2639(b)
  • An applicant fails the licensing examination. What does Section 2638 allow? B&P Code 2638
  • Besides the physical therapy examination, which examination does Section 2636 require for a license? B&P Code 2636(a)(1)
  • For a continuing competency course, how much instruction counts as one "hour"? 16 CCR 1399.90(g)
  • For how long after it expires may a license still be renewed? B&P Code 2646
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Licensure, examination and renewal, continued

  • For how long may a graduate with license applicant status practice under supervision while waiting for the first examination results? B&P Code 2639(a)(1)
  • How far ahead of expiration does the Board mail a renewal notice? B&P Code 2645
  • How long is the clinical service that a foreign-educated physical therapist applicant completes under Section 2653? B&P Code 2653(c)
  • How long must a licensee keep proof of a completed continuing competency course? 16 CCR 1399.97(b)
  • How many continuing competency hours must a licensee accumulate in each license cycle? 16 CCR 1399.91(a)
  • How many of a cycle's continuing competency hours must be in ethics, laws and regulations? 16 CCR 1399.93(a)
  • How many of a cycle's continuing competency hours must be in life support for health care professionals? 16 CCR 1399.93(b)
  • How much full-time clinical experience must a physical therapist's education include? B&P Code 2650(a)(2)
  • How must a graduate working under license applicant status be identified? B&P Code 2639(a)(1)
  • How old must an applicant for a license be at the time of application? B&P Code 2635
  • What does the rule for a physical therapist assistant license applicant add that the rule for a physical therapist license applicant does not? 16 CCR 1399.12
  • What must a foreign-educated applicant do before starting the period of clinical service? B&P Code 2653(c)
  • When does a license expire if it is not renewed? B&P Code 2644(a)
  • Which foreign-educated applicant is exempt from the English proficiency test? B&P Code 2653(b)(2)
  • Who countersigns a license applicant's treatment entries, and when? 16 CCR 1399.10
  • Who may apply for assistant licensure without graduating from an approved assistant program? B&P Code 2639.1
  • Who may conduct the examinations the Board requires? B&P Code 2636(c)

Patient care: scope, supervision, records, referral 24

  • A licensee refers a patient to an organization in which the licensee has a significant beneficial interest. What must come first? B&P Code 654.2(a)
  • A patient starts treatment without a referral. How long may the therapist treat before a physician or podiatrist approves the plan of care? B&P Code 2620.1(a)(4)
  • A patient who came without a referral is not progressing toward the documented treatment goals. What must the therapist do? B&P Code 2620.1(a)(1)
  • A patient who came without a referral reaches the limit on days or visits. What does the therapist need in order to continue? B&P Code 2620.1(a)(4)
  • A therapist with a doctoral degree uses the title "doctor" when speaking with a patient. What must the therapist also say? B&P Code 2633(b)(3)
  • After telephoning a report of suspected child abuse, how soon must a mandated reporter send the written follow-up? Penal Code 11166(a)
  • Does an electronic signature satisfy the Board's patient record rule? 16 CCR 1398.13(f)
  • For each service, what must the patient record show besides its date and nature? 16 CCR 1398.13(c)
  • How does a clinical instructor countersign a physical therapist student's entries in the record? 16 CCR 1398.37(d)
  • How long are the records of an unemancipated minor kept? B&P Code 2620.7(b)
  • How long must patient records be kept after an adult patient is discharged? B&P Code 2620.7(b)
  • How many aides engaged in patient-related tasks may a physical therapist use? B&P Code 2622(c)
  • How many physical therapist assistants may one physical therapist supervise at one time? B&P Code 2622(b)
  • Under B&P 650.01(a), when is it unlawful for a licensee to refer a person for physical therapy? B&P Code 650.01(a)
  • What bars a physical therapist assistant from treating patients at a physical therapy business? 16 CCR 1398.44(d)(8)
  • What does a therapist need before performing tissue penetration to evaluate neuromuscular performance? B&P Code 2620.5
  • What is the minimum age of a physical therapy aide? B&P Code 2630.4(a)
  • What notice must a therapist give before treating a patient who came without a referral? B&P Code 2620.1(e)
  • Where must the therapist be while an aide performs patient related tasks? 16 CCR 1399(c)(3)(D)
  • Which letters may a licensed physical therapist assistant use? B&P Code 2633.5
  • Which of these may a physical therapist assistant do? 16 CCR 1398.44(d)
  • Who documents and signs a treatment that a physical therapist assistant provided? 16 CCR 1398.13(b)
  • Who documents and signs a treatment that a physical therapy aide provided? 16 CCR 1398.13(a)(6)
  • Who may supervise an aide performing patient related tasks? B&P Code 2630.4; 16 CCR 1398.44(d)(7)

Discipline and unlawful practice 23

  • A licensee settles a civil dispute that arose from practice. Which term in the settlement is unprofessional conduct? 16 CCR 1399.24(a)
  • A licensee with no liability insurance settles a malpractice claim. Above what amount must it be reported to the Board? B&P Code 802(a)
  • A patient agrees to sexual activity with a licensee that Section 726 prohibits. How does Section 2660.1 treat that consent? B&P Code 2660.1
  • A therapist lets an aide perform services beyond the aide's training. Whose conduct does Section 2660 call unprofessional? B&P Code 2660(n)
  • A therapist licensed in another state comes to California to teach at an educational seminar. For how long is that exempt from licensure? B&P Code 2630.5(c)
  • Besides the Board, who may ask a superior court for an injunction against a violation of the Act? B&P Code 2672
  • The Board asks for a patient's records and sends the patient's written authorization. What does a licensee owe for not producing them within 15 days without good cause? B&P Code 2660.4
  • For how long may the Board suspend a license for unprofessional conduct? B&P Code 2660
  • For what may the Board use a public letter of reprimand in place of a formal accusation? B&P Code 2660.3
  • How does Section 2661 treat a conviction that follows a plea of nolo contendere? B&P Code 2661
  • How long after a license is revoked for unprofessional conduct may its holder usually petition for reinstatement? B&P Code 2661.7(a)(1)
  • How long does a citation stay in a licensee's records when no later citation follows? 16 CCR 1399.25(e)
  • How soon must a licensee report a change in the address of record? 16 CCR 1398.6(a)
  • How soon must a licensee report his or her own arrest to the Board? 16 CCR 1399.24(d)
  • What does B&P 650 make unlawful? B&P Code 650
  • What is the penalty for violating the Physical Therapy Practice Act? B&P Code 2670
  • What is the usual range of an administrative fine in a citation? 16 CCR 1399.25(c)
  • What may a disciplinary order direct a licensee found guilty of unprofessional conduct to pay? B&P Code 2661.5(a)
  • What must come with a petition for reinstatement? B&P Code 2661.7(b)
  • Which circumstance lets a citation carry a fine of up to $5,000? 16 CCR 1399.25(d)
  • Which does the Board weigh when deciding whether a crime is substantially related to a license? 16 CCR 1399.20(b)
  • Which is unprofessional conduct under the Board's rule 1399.24? 16 CCR 1399.24(c)
  • Which of these is unprofessional conduct under Section 2660? B&P Code 2660(h)

Consumer protection 3

  • How may a therapist give patients the Board's Notice to Consumers? 16 CCR 1398.15
  • What limit does the Board's advertising rule add to what Section 651 allows? 16 CCR 1398.10
  • When may a health care practitioner go without a name tag under B&P 680? B&P Code 680(a)

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, spread over the six categories of the California JAM Content Outline that the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy publishes (updated 5/9/2024; https://www.fsbpt.org/Portals/0/documents/OurServices/CA_JAM_Blueprint_2024.pdf). Statutes were read on 2026-10-09 on the California Legislature's site, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov: the Physical Therapy Practice Act (Business and Professions Code 2600 and following), Business and Professions Code 136, 650, 650.01, 654.2, 680 and 802, and Penal Code 11166. The Board's regulations (California Code of Regulations, title 16, division 13.2) were read in the Physical Therapy Board of California's own law guide, January 2025 edition (https://www.ptbc.ca.gov/publications/law_reference_guide.pdf), and compared the same day with the public copy at Cornell's Legal Information Institute, which each regulation question links to. The exam's numbers are from the Board's CAL-JAM page, https://www.ptbc.ca.gov/applicants/caljam.shtml. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the statute or regulation it cites, which is public law of the State of California. Nothing is taken from the CAL-JAM, the former California Law Examination, a study guide or another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial California physical therapy law exam practice, not affiliated with the Physical Therapy Board of California or the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. Every question is our own, written from the Practice Act and Board regulations.

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Six areas, in the outline's proportions

The bank follows the California JAM Content Outline, updated May 9, 2024: definitions 3 questions, the Board 3, licensure and examination 24, patient care management 24, discipline and unlawful practice 23, consumer advocacy 3.

A study guide in the explanations

Used as a California jurisprudence physical therapy study guide, each explanation gives the rule in a sentence, names its section and links to it: statutes on the Legislature's site, regulations in a public copy of title 16.

What has no question yet

The Board's electromyography certification rules, fee amounts and the rehabilitation program are on the outline but not in this bank, so read those sections in the Board's own law guide.

  • The outline's largest section is grounds for discipline, with 6 to 7 of the 50 questions; documentation and disciplinary proceedings have 5 to 6 each.
  • Many answers are a number of days, visits, hours or dollars, so read every choice to the end.

Questions and answers

Is the California Law Exam for physical therapy still given?

Under a new name. The Physical Therapy Board of California replaced the California Law Exam with the CAL-JAM, the California Jurisprudence Assessment Module, on July 1, 2024. It is taken online through the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy.

Is this the real California physical therapy law exam?

No. It is unofficial practice written from California's statutes and regulations. The Physical Therapy Board of California and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy did not write or review this page, and none of the module's questions appear here.

Do physical therapist assistants take the same California law exam?

Yes. The Federation's California JAM page says every applicant for a new California license must pass the module, and Section 2636 requires the law examination in both license categories. Questions here cover assistants and aides as well as therapists.

Does the CAL-JAM count toward license renewal?

Yes. The Board says licensees may complete the CAL-JAM to cover the two hours of ethics, laws and regulations required each cycle by rule 1399.93. The Federation's page says credit may be claimed once per cycle.

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