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 2150-3.201 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule details the minimum continuing
				  education requirements for renewal or reinstatement of a physical therapy
				  and/or physical therapist assistant license, and specifies the period of time
				  in which documentation of continuing education hours must be maintained by the
				  licensee.
(1) All licensed
				physical therapists and physical therapist assistants shall biennially, on
				even-numbered years, complete and report at least thirty (30) hours of
				acceptable continuing education as specified in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-3.203. The renewal of a license which has lapsed
				shall not be issued unless and until the licensee submits documentation
				confirming completion of all continuing education hours as would have been
				necessary and applicable during the period the license was not current. The
				continuing education hours must qualify as acceptable continuing education
				activity as specified in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-3.203.
(2) The period for completion of the
				continuing education requirements shall be the twenty-four (24)-month period
				beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of each reporting period. Continuing
				education hours can not be carried over into another or the next reporting
				period. A licensee who fails to obtain and report, in a timely fashion, the
				required thirty (30) hours of continuing education shall not engage in practice
				as a physical therapist and/or physical therapist assistant unless an extension
				is requested and granted pursuant to
				20 CSR
				2150-3.202.
(3) All licensees shall certify by
				attestation, on the licensure registration renewal form, under oath and penalty
				of perjury, that the licensee completed the required thirty (30) hours of
				continuing education, and that the continuing education obtained meets the
				acceptable continuing education criteria specified in
				20 CSR
				2150-3.203.
(4) All licensed physical therapists and
				physical therapist assistants shall retain records documenting attendance and
				completion of the required thirty (30) hours of continuing education for a
				minimum of four (4) years after the reporting period in which the continuing
				education was obtained. The records shall document the titles of the continuing
				education activity completed including the date, location and course sponsors
				and number of hours earned. The board may conduct an audit of licenses to
				verify compliance with the continuing education requirement. Licensees shall
				assist in this audit by providing timely and complete responses upon board
				request for such information and documentation.
(5) Violation of any provision of this rule
				shall constitute misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation, dishonesty, unethical
				conduct, or unprofessional conduct in the performance of the functions and
				duties of a physical therapist and/or physical therapist assistant. In
				addition, a licensee who fails to complete and report in a timely fashion the
				required thirty (30) hours of continuing education and engages in active
				practice as a physical therapist and/or physical therapist assistant without
				the expressed written authority of the board shall be deemed to have engaged in
				the unauthorized practice of physical therapy and/or unauthorized practice as a
				physical therapist assistant consistent with the provisions of sections
				334.510,
				334.610,
				and
				334.650,
				RSMo; furthermore such action may be deemed grounds for disciplinary action
				pursuant to section
				334.100,
				RSMo.
(6) Examination applicants
				who hold temporary licenses are exempt from obtaining continuing education
				hours until such time as the temporary licensee successfully passes the
				licensing examination and is approved and issued licensure pursuant to the
				provisions of section
				334.530,
				RSMo, as applicable to physical therapists; or pursuant to the provisions of
				section
				334.655,
				RSMo, as applicable to physical therapist assistants.
(7) Reinstatement applicants who hold
				temporary licenses are exempt from obtaining continuing education hours until
				such time as the temporary licensee successfully completes the one (1) year of
				supervised active practice.
(8)
				Physical therapists and/or physical therapist assistants are exempt from
				one-half (1/2) of the total continuing education hours (thirty (30) hours
				required, one-half (1/2) is defined as fifteen (15) hours) for the year in
				which the licensee graduated from a program of physical therapy and/or physical
				therapist assistant education (respective of type of degree received and type
				of licensure requested) as accredited by the commission on accreditation of
				physical therapy education.
*Original authority: 334.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1945,
					 1959, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993,
					 1997, 2004; 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.507, RSMo 1998;
					 334.610, RSMo 1969, amended 1974, 1981, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2008; 334.650, RSMo
					 1996, amended 2008; and 334.687, RSMo
					 2008.