20 CSR 2150-3.010 - Applicants for Licensure as Professional Physical Therapists
(1) The applicant shall furnish satisfactory
evidence as to his/her innocence of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct and
good moral character including acceptable evidence that he/she is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age.
(2)
The applicant must furnish satisfactory evidence of completion of a program of
physical therapy education approved as reputable by the board. If the applicant
graduated on or before December 31, 2002, he/she must present evidence that
his/her physical therapy degree is the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in
physical therapy from a United States college or university. If the applicant
graduated after December 31, 2002, he/she must present evidence that his/her
physical therapy degree is equivalent in content to the first professional
degree in physical therapy in the United States as defined by the Federation of
State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), 124 West Street South, Third Floor,
Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 2993100. An internationally trained applicant who
graduated on or before December 31, 2002, must have education and training in
physical therapy substantially equivalent to a bachelor's degree in physical
therapy from a United States college or university. An internationally trained
applicant who graduated after December 31, 2002, must have education and
training in physical therapy substantially equivalent to the first professional
degree in physical therapy in the United States as defined by FSBPT. This
includes an assessment of the applicant's general and professional education.
Applicants who wish to have their general and professional education considered
"substantially equivalent" must submit their credentials to the Foreign
Credentialing Commission of Physical Therapy (FCCPT), 124 West Street South,
Third Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 6848406. The FCCPT shall use the
coursework evaluation tool for foreign educated physical therapists as
developed by the FSBPT and evaluate the applicant's credentials against the
requirements at accredited physical therapy programs in place at the time of
the applicant's graduation. An applicant who presents satisfactory evidence of
graduation from a physical therapy program approved as reputable by the
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, or its successor,
shall be deemed to have complied with the education requirements of this
section.
(3) All applicants shall
have official transcripts, with the school seal affixed, submitted from each
and every college or university attended, confirming the courses taken towards
their physical therapy degree, grade received per course, degree(s) awarded,
and date degree(s) awarded.
(4) All
applicants shall submit a copy of any and all legal name change documents
incurred since birth.
(5) All
applicants shall have licensure, registration, or certification verification
submitted from every jurisdiction in which he/she has ever held privileges to
practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. This
verification must be submitted directly from the licensing agency and include
the type of license, registration, or certification, the issue and expiration
date, and information concerning any disciplinary or investigative actions. If
a licensing agency refuses or fails to provide a verification, the board may
consider other evidence of licensure.
(6) All applicants shall submit an activities
statement documenting all employment, professional and nonprofessional
activities, from high school graduation to the date of licensure application,
or for the last ten (10) years, whichever is the most recent.
(7) All applicants shall take and pass a test
administered by the board on the laws and rules related to the practice of
physical therapy in Missouri. A minimum score of seventy-five percent (75%) is
required to pass the examination.
(8) Any applicant who has graduated from a
physical therapy program outside the United States shall provide-
(A) Documentation that the primary language
of instruction in the physical therapy program was English;
(B) A current Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) certificate in which the applicant has obtained, on the TOEFL
paperbased, a minimum score of 55 in each section and a total score of 560 and
a current Test of Spoken English (TSE) certificate in which the applicant has
obtained a minimum score of 50; or
(C) A current TOEFL Internet-based testing
(TOEFL iBT) certificate in which the applicant has obtained a minimum of the
following in each section: Writing 24, Speaking 26, Reading Comprehension 21,
Listening Comprehension 18, and a total score of 89.
(9) An internationally-trained physical
therapist applying for licensure shall present proof that he/she is licensed as
a physical therapist in the country in which he/she
graduated.
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