Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 22 - Board of Physical Therapy › Section 201 KAR 22:070 - Requirements for foreign-educated physical therapists and physical therapist assistants

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS 327.050,
				327.060,
				327.310
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				327.040(11) authorizes the
				Board of Physical Therapy to promulgate and enforce reasonable administrative
				regulations for the effectuation of the purposes of KRS Chapter 327.
				KRS
				327.040(13) authorizes the
				board to promulgate and enforce reasonable administrative regulations regarding
				certification, limitations of activities, supervision, and educational
				qualifications for physical therapist assistants.
				KRS
				327.060(3) authorizes the
				board to approve services to provide an evaluation of a foreign-educated
				physical therapist applicant's educational credentials. This administrative
				regulation establishes the requirements a foreign-educated physical therapist
				shall satisfy to become credentialed in the state of Kentucky.
Section 1. A foreign-educated physical
			 therapist applicant shall be credentialed if the applicant:
(1) Complies with the requirements of
			 KRS
			 327.060(1)(b);
(2) In accordance with
			 KRS
			 327.060(1)(b), meets the
			 following requirements:
(a) Furnishes the
			 board a favorable educational credentials evaluation report from a
			 credentialing agency that uses the appropriate edition of the "Coursework Tool"
			 (CWT) copyrighted by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy
			 (FSBPT). An academic deficiency in general education coursework identified by
			 the CWT shall be satisfied by the applicant through submission of evidence
			 identifying one (1) of the following:
1.
			 Completion of appropriate coursework at a regionally accredited academic
			 institution;
2. Continuing
			 education in a course approved by the board; or
3. Submission of a portfolio including a
			 detailed resume and description of relevant work experience approved by the
			 board;
(b) Shows proof
			 of English Language Proficiency by:
1. A score
			 of not less than fifty (50) on the Test of Spoken English (TSE);
2. Verification that the applicant has
			 achieved the following minimum scores for each category of the Test of English
			 as a Foreign Language, TOEFLE Internet-based test (TOEFL IBT):
a. Writing, twenty-two (22);
b. Speaking, twenty-four (24);
c. Listening, twenty-one (21);
d. Reading, twenty-two (22); and
e. With an overall score of not less than
			 eighty-nine (89); or
3.
			 Verification that English is the native language of the country of
			 origin;
(c) Submits a
			 satisfactorily-completed application and appropriate fee as required by
			 201 KAR
			 22:020 and
			 201 KAR 22:135;
(d) Completes the Jurisprudence
			 Exam;
(e) Obtains a passing score
			 on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). The requirements of
			 201 KAR
			 22:020, Section 2(3) shall be applicable to
			 examination candidates; and
(f) Has
			 successfully completed a minimum of three (3) months and no more than six (6)
			 months of practice under the on-site supervision of a physical therapist
			 credentialed under KRS Chapter 327 at a Kentucky facility previously approved
			 by the board that satisfies the following requirements:
1. The supervised practice shall be a minimum
			 of 390 hours in a three (3) month period, in a facility that is serving as a
			 clinical education site for students enrolled in a program in physical
			 therapist education accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical
			 Therapy Education (CAPTE);
2. The
			 applicant shall furnish the board a favorable evaluation of on-site supervision
			 performed by a clinical supervisor who utilizes the "Performance Evaluation
			 Tool for Foreign Educated Therapists Completing a Supervised Clinical Practice
			 in the United States" copyrighted by FSBPT. The clinical supervisor shall
			 submit the evaluation to the board after three (3) months of practice, and if
			 required, after the sixth (6th) month, when the required score denoting
			 clinical competency shall have been reached;
3. The supervising physical therapist shall,
			 within the three (3) years prior to serving as a supervisor, have previously
			 acted as clinical supervisor for a physical therapist student as part of a
			 CAPTE accredited program; and
4.
			 The supervisor shall countersign all of the candidate's physical therapy
			 records within fourteen (14) days; and
(3) Submits to the Board a completed
			 nationwide criminal background check as required by
			 KRS
			 327.310 with the background investigation
			 completed no later than six (6) months prior to the date of the filing of the
			 application.