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 A - PHYSICAL THERAPISTS › LICENSURE › Section 40.17 - Foreign-educated physical therapists applying to take the licensure examination and pursue a clinical experience

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
To be eligible to take the examination for licensure,
						  foreign-educated applicants for licensure shall comply with the following
						  conditions:
(1) The applicant shall
						submit evidence, satisfactory to the Board, indicating that the applicant has
						met the requirements in §
												40.12(a)(1)-(3) and
						(b) (relating to application for licensure)
						and pay the fee in §
												40.5 (relating to fees) for
						application for physical therapist licensure through foreign
						training.
(2) The applicant shall
						provide written documentation that the applicant has graduated from a physical
						therapist education program that prepares the applicant to engage without
						restriction in the practice of physical therapy and that the school of physical
						therapy is recognized by the authorizing agency or entity of the jurisdiction
						in which the school is situated.
(3) The applicant shall provide written
						documentation that the applicant holds or held legal authorization to practice
						as a physical therapist without limitations in the country where the
						professional education took place. If an applicant's authorization to practice
						in the foreign jurisdiction is not current at the time of applying to the
						Board, that authorization must have been unrestricted immediately prior to
						expiring or being placed on inactive status.
(4) The applicant shall provide documentation
						of legal authorization to seek employment in the United States or its
						territories.
(5) The applicant
						shall provide satisfactory evidence that the applicant's education is
						substantially equivalent to the education of physical therapists educated in an
						accredited program as set forth in §
												40.11 (relating to educational
						requirements for licensure by examination) by either showing that the education
						program is accredited as provided in §
												40.11(a) or
						securing a credentials evaluation from a recognized and accredited evaluation
						agency approved by the Board. If the applicant's education was completed before
						1998, the credentials evaluation must demonstrate that the applicant has met
						the requirement of at least 120 semester credit hours of which at least 42
						credit hours must be in general education subjects and 69 credit hours must be
						in professional education subjects. If the applicant's education was completed
						in 1998 or later, credentials evaluation must demonstrate that the applicant
						has met the requirements of at least 150 semester hours of which at least 60
						credit hours must be in general education subjects and 90 credit hours must be
						in professional education subjects. If an applicant has deficiencies in general
						education or professional education, the applicant can correct the deficiencies
						as follows:
(i)
General
						education.
A minimum of one semester course shall be successfully
						completed in each of the following areas of general education unless otherwise
						noted:
(A) Humanities.
(B) Physical science (two courses each in
						chemistry and physics including laboratory sessions).
(C) Biological science.
(D) Social science.
(E) Behavioral science.
(F) Mathematics.