PURPOSE: This rule provides information to those applicants applying for licensure as professional physical therapists by reciprocity. (1) Upon proper application, the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts may recommend for licensure without examination legally qualified persons who—

1. (A) Possess an active license in any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia authorizing them to practice in the same manner and to the same extent as professional physical therapists are authorized to practice by this act;
2. (B) Have passed an examination in physical therapy before a lawfully authorized licensing authority of another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia; and
3. (C) Furnish satisfactory evidence of their good moral character, educational qualifications, and professional history.
4. (2) Applicants for licensure by reciprocity may be required to appear before the board in person.

AUTHORITY: sections 334.125 and 334.687, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.040. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975. Amended: Filed July 3, 1989, effective Dec. 1, 1989. Amended: Filed June 4, 1991, effective Oct. 31, 1991. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-3.040, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Dec. 14, 2007, effective June 30, 2008. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009. Amended: Filed Dec. 11, 2017, effective June 30, 2018. **

*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995, 2014 and 334.687, RSMo 2008. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-07, 20 CSR 2150-3.040, section (1) was suspended from April 3, 2020 through April 23, 2021.