PURPOSE: This rule provides the instructions for physical therapist assistants applying for licensure by examination.

1. (1) All applicants must be at least nineteen
2. (19) years of age.
3. (2) The applicant must make application to the board and register with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to sit for the licensing examination.
4. (3) All applicants shall furnish satisfactory evidence as to their good moral character, educational qualifications and professional history.
5. (4) All applicants must submit a photostatic copy of their professional diploma as evidence of completion of an associate degree program of physical therapy education accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education.
6. (5) All applicants shall have official transcripts, with the school seal affixed, submitted from each and every college or university attended, confirming the courses taken, grade received per course, degree(s) awarded and date degree(s) awarded.
7. (6) All applicants must submit a copy of any and all legal name change documents incurred since birth.
8. (7) All applicants shall have licensure, registration or certification verification submitted from every state or country in which s/he has ever held privileges to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. This verification must be submitted directly from the licensing agency and include the type of license, registration or certification, the issue and expiration date, and information concerning any disciplinary or investigative actions.
9. (8) All applicants must submit an activities statement documenting all employment, professional and nonprofessional activities, from high school graduation to the date of licensure application, or for the last ten (10) years, whichever is the most recent.
10. (9) 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) administration may not be averaged with scores from any other portion of the examination taken at another test administration to achieve a passing score.
11. (10) The board shall not issue a license to practice as a physical therapist assistant or allow any person to sit for the Missouri state board examination for physical therapist assistants who has failed three (3) or more times any physical therapist licensing examination administered in one (1) or more states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia.
12. (11) The board may waive the provisions of section (10) if the applicant has met the following provisions: 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.

AUTHORITY: sections 334.125, 334.650 and 334.670, RSMo 2000 and 334.655, RSMo Supp. 2005.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.110. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2006, effective June 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-3.110, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.650, RSMo 1996; 334.655, RSMo 1996, amended 1997, 1999, 2004; and 334.670, RSMo 1996.