Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 20, § 2150-3.100
Applications for Licensure as Physical Therapist Assistant
Effective Nov 30, 2009section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and sections 334.650, 334.655, 334.660, 334.670, and 334.687, RSMo Supp. 2008.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.100. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Moved to 20 CSR 2150- 3.100, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
PURPOSE: This rule provides instructions for filing an application for licensure as a physical therapist assistant.
- (1) All applicants are required to make application upon a form prepared by the board.
- (2) No application will be considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and properly attested.
- (3) All applicants must provide, on the application form, a recent photograph, in size no larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" × 5").
- (4) Applications shall be sent to the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
- (5) The board shall charge each person applying for licensure to practice as a physical therapist assistant, either by examination, reciprocity, or without examination prior to the expiration of the grandfather clause, an appropriate fee established by the board.
- (6) No application will be processed prior to the submission of the required application fee in the appropriate form.
- (7) An applicant may withdraw his/her application for licensure anytime prior to the board’s vote on his/her candidacy for licensure. In the event that an applicant withdraws his/her application, the appropriate fee established by the board will be retained.
- (8) In all instances where a signature of the applicant is required, this signature must be an original signature.
- (9) All applicants shall take and pass a test administered by the board on the laws and rules related to the practice of physical therapy in Missouri. A minimum score of seventyfive percent (75%) is required to pass the examination.
AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and sections 334.650, 334.655, 334.660, 334.670, and 334.687, RSMo Supp. 2008.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.100. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Moved to 20 CSR 2150- 3.100, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009.
*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.650, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; 334.655, RSMo 1996, amended 1997, 1999, 2004, 2008; 334.660, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; 334.670, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; and 334.687, RSMo 2008.