64B17-4.001: Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant by Examination
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to change the scores required for passing the reading comprehension and listening comprehension components of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Licensure as a Physical Therapist by Examination.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 486.025, 486.102 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.017, 486.102(3), 486.104 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Susan Love, Executive Director, Board of Physical Therapy Practice/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B17-4.001 Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant by Examination.
Every physical therapist who applies for licensure by examination shall satisfy and demonstrate to the Board that the applicant:
(1) through (4) No change.
(5) Has attained and submitted to the Board the following:
(a) No change.
(b) Effective January 1, 2007, evidence of successful completion of a Board approved English proficiency examination if English was not the language of instruction as evidence by a minimum total score of 89 of the TOEFL as well as accompanying minimum scores in the test’s four components of: 24 in writing; 26 in speaking; 21 18 in reading comprehension; and 18 21 in listening comprehension.
(c) through (d) No change.
Specific Authority 486.025, 486.102 FS. Law Implemented 456.017, 486.102(3), 486.104 FS. History–New 8-6-84, Amended 6-2-85, Formerly 21M-10.20, Amended 5-18-86, Formerly 21M-10.020, 21MM-4.001, Amended 3-1-94, Formerly 61F11-4.001, Amended 12-22-94, 4-10-96, Formerly 59Y-4.001, Amended 1-23-03, 4-9-06,________.