1. (a) Except as provided in (b), below, any individual who is applying for an initial license or a conditional license, where any part of the required credentials were issued by or in a foreign jurisdiction, shall submit with the application an evaluation of the applicant’s credentials by a member of:

   1. (1) The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), available at https://www.naces.org/; or
   2. (2) The Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE), available at https://aice-eval.org/.
2. (b) If the license that is subject to (a), above, is in the profession of physical therapy, the applicant shall submit with the application an evaluation of the applicant’s credentials by the Foreign Credentialing Commission on Physical Therapy (FCCPT), available at https://www.fccpt.org/.

3. (c) An individual who is applying to have a license restored or reinstated who was required to obtain additional education as a condition of being returned to active status and who obtained the additional education in a foreign jurisdiction, shall submit with the application an evaluation of the additional education by:

   1. (1) A member of an organization listed in (a)(1) or (2), above, if not in the field of physical therapy; or
   2. (2) If in the field of physical therapy, by the organization listed in (b), above.

Source. #14305, eff 8-19-25, EXPIRES: 8-19-35