Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants › Section 20 CSR 2150-3.010 - Applicants for Licensure as Professional Physical Therapists

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment specifies which applicants
				  are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
				  examination.
(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) 299-3100. 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) 684-8406. 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 paper-based, 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