PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements physical therapist assistants must follow to request renewal of a license which has lapsed.

1. (1) All licensees shall make application for late registration upon a form prepared by the board.
2. (2) No application will be considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and properly attested.
3. (3) All licensees must provide, on the application form, a recent unmounted photograph, in size no larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" × 5").
4. (4) All applications shall be sent to the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, P.O. Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
5. (5) All applicants for late registration must submit the renewal fee along with the delinquent fee established by the board. This fee shall be submitted in the form of a cashier’s check or money order drawn on a United States bank made payable to the Missouri Board of Healing Arts.
6. (6) No application will be processed prior to the submission of the required fee in the appropriate form.
7. (7) All applicants must submit an activities statement documenting all employment, professional and nonprofessional activities, since the date the license lapsed.
8. (8) All applicants shall have licensure, registration or certification verification submitted from every state and 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. (9) An applicant for late registration whose license has been inactive for more than two
10. (2) years who was not actively practicing as a physical therapist assistant in another state or country shall submit upon request any other documentation requested by the board necessary to verify that the licensee is competent to practice and is knowledgeable of current physical therapy techniques, procedures and treatments, as evidenced by continuing education hours, reexamination, or other applicable documentation accepted and approved by the board.

AUTHORITY: sections 334.125, 334.650 and 334.675, RSMo Supp. 1997.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.160. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-3.160, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.650, RSMo 1996; and 334.675, RSMo 1996.