Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 40 - STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY › Subchapter C - PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS › MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION › Section 40.191 - Renewal of certification

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
						certification issued under this subchapter expires on December 31 of every
						even-numbered year unless renewed for the next biennium.
(b) Biennial renewal forms and other forms
						and literature to be distributed by the Board will be forwarded to the last
						mailing address given to the Board by the certified physical therapist
						assistant. The certified physical therapist assistant shall notify the Board in
						writing within 10 days after making an address change. Failure of the Board to
						send or of the certified physical therapist assistant to receive a biennial
						renewal application does not relieve the certified physical therapist assistant
						of the biennial renewal responsibility.
(c) To retain the right to provide services
						as a physical therapist assistant, the certified physical therapist assistant's
						certification shall be renewed by the certified physical therapist assistant in
						the manner prescribed by the Board, and the required fee shall be paid by the
						certified physical therapist assistant prior to the expiration of the next
						biennium. A certified physical therapist assistant applying for biennial
						certificate renewal shall:
(1) Complete and
						submit the renewal application, including payment of the biennial renewal fee
						in §
													40.5 (relating to fees) for
						application for biennial renewal of physical therapist assistant
						certificate.
(2) Disclose any
						license, certificate, registration or other authorization to provide services
						as a physical therapist assistant in another state, territory, possession or
						country.
(3) Disclose any
						disciplinary action pending before the appropriate healthcare licensing
						authority in any other jurisdiction or taken since the most recent application
						for renewal, whether or not licensed, registered or certified to practice in
						that other jurisdiction.
(4)
						Disclose any pending criminal charges and any finding or verdict of guilt,
						admission of guilt, plea of nolo contendere or other criminal conviction since
						the most recent application for renewal.
(5) Verify that the certified physical
						therapist assistant has complied with the continuing education requirements
						mandated by section 9.1(j) of the act (63 P.S. §
														1309.1(j)) during the
						biennial period immediately preceding the period for which renewal is sought in
						accordance with §
													40.192 (relating to continuing
						education for certified physical therapist assistant), including at least 2
						hours of approved courses in child abuse recognition and reporting in
						accordance with §
													40.208(b)
						(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
						requirement). The Board will not renew a physical therapist assistant
						certification if the certified physical therapist assistant has not completed
						the continuing education required under §
													40.192 during the biennial period
						immediately preceding the period for which renewal is
						sought.