Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LIV - Physical Therapy Examiners › Subpart 1 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 1 - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants › Subchapter D - Foreign-Educated Graduates › Section LIV-137 - Qualification for License, Provisional License for Foreign Graduates [Formerly Section 115]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The burden
					 of satisfying the boards requirements and qualifications for licensure as a
					 foreign-educated physical therapist (FEPT) in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:2410, a foreign-educated physical
					 therapist assistant (FEPTA) in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:2411.1, and a military-trained physical
					 therapist assistant (MTPTA) in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 37:2411.2 is upon the applicant. An applicant
					 shall not be deemed to possess required qualifications unless the applicant
					 demonstrates and evidences such qualifications in the manner satisfactory to
					 the board.
B. Credentials
					 Evaluation. A FEPT, FEPTA and MTPTA applicant must submit to the board a
					 credentials evaluation prepared no more than 18 months prior to the date of the
					 application for licensure. The credentials evaluation report shall be submitted
					 to the board directly by the credential evaluation agency evaluating the
					 professional education and training. The approved credentials evaluation shall
					 determine substantial equivalence of the applicants education. Such education
					 shall include no less than 150 total semester-hour credits including no less
					 than 90 semester-hours credits of physical therapy education and no less than
					 60 semester-hour credits of general education. The applicant is responsible for
					 any expense associated with the credentials evaluation.
1. The credentials evaluation must provide
					 documentation that the applicants education from outside a state or territory
					 of the U.S. is substantially equivalent to the education of a PT who has
					 graduated from a physical therapy education program accredited by CAPTE. The
					 evaluation must also establish that the institution at which the applicant
					 received his physical therapy education is recognized by the ministry of
					 education or an equivalent agency in that country.
2. To determine substantial equivalency, the
					 credentialing evaluation entity shall use a course work tool (CWT) adopted by
					 the FSBPT and approved by the board.
3. To determine substantial equivalency for
					 individuals seeking initial licensure, the credentialing agency shall use the
					 current CWT.
4. To be considered
					 substantially equivalent to the requirements established in this rule, the
					 applicants foreign education must contain evidence of the content and
					 distribution of coursework identified in the appropriate CWT identified in
					 Paragraph B.3 of this Section.
5.
					 An evaluation prepared by a credentialing agency reflects only the findings and
					 conclusion of that agency, and shall not bind the board. If the board
					 determines that the applicants education is not substantially equivalent to an
					 entry-level physical therapy program accredited by CAPTE, the board will notify
					 the applicant in writing, identifying the deficiencies.