PURPOSE: This rule provides information to those applicants applying for licensure as professional physical therapists by reciprocity.

1. (1) Upon proper application, the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts may recommend for licensure without examination legally qualified persons who hold certificates or licenses 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 if the applicant has been successfully examined by any professional board considered competent by the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, has received examination scores equivalent to those set forth in 20 CSR 2150-3.030 and has fulfilled all the scholastic and other requirements for licensure in Missouri. Applicants for licensure by reciprocity may be required to appear before the board in person.
2. (2) The applicant shall present a photostatic copy of the actual license issued by the state in which the examination was taken.
3. (3) In all instances where the board, by rule or in the application form (20 CSR 2150- 3.020), has provided that it will accept copies in lieu of an original document, the applicant shall provide copies notarized by a notary public to verify that those copies are true and correct copies of the original document. The board will not recognize foreign notaries. The board shall accept the notarization of the United States consul.

AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000.* 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.

*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995.