PURPOSE: This rule provides specific instructions to applicants regarding examination procedures.

1. (1) The applicant shall:

   1. (A) Meet all requirements as set forth in 4 CSR 150-3.010;
   2. (B) Make application with the board and register with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to sit for the licensing examination.
2. (2) To receive a passing score on the examination, the applicant must achieve the criterion-referenced passing point recommended by the FSBPT. This passing point will be set equal to a scaled score of six hundred (600) based on a scale of two hundred (200) to eight hundred (800). Scores from a portion of an examination taken at one (1) test administration may not be averaged with scores from any other portion of the examination taken at another test administration to achieve a passing score.
3. (3) The board shall not issue a permanent license as a physical therapist or allow the Missouri state board examination to be administered to any applicant who has failed to achieve a passing score cumulatively three
4. (3) times or more on licensing examinations administered in one (1) or more states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia.

5. (4) The board may waive the provisions of section (3) if the applicant has met one (1) of the following provisions:

   1. (A) The applicant is licensed and has maintained an active clinical practice for the previous three (3) years in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or Canada and the applicant has achieved a passing score on a licensing examination administered in a state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or Canada and no license issued to the applicant has been disciplined or limited in any state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or Canada; or
   2. (B) The applicant has failed the licensure examination three (3) times or more and then obtains a professional degree in physical therapy at a level higher than previously completed, the applicant can sit for the licensure examination three (3) additional times.

AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and 334.530 and 334.550, RSMo Supp. 2005.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.030. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975. Amended: Filed March 13, 1985, effective May 25, 1985. Amended: Filed July 3, 1989, effective Dec. 1, 1989. Amended: Filed June 4, 1991, effective Oct. 31, 1991. Amended: Filed May 3, 1994, effective Sept. 30, 1994. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2006, effective June 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-3.030, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.530, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1995, 2004; and 334.550, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1995, 2004.