64B17-4.001: Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant by Examination
64B17-4.002: Licensure Examination Subjects and Passing Score; Additional Requirements After Third Failure; Florida Jurisprudence Examination
64B17-4.003: Licensure by Endorsement
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendments for incorporation of forms.
SUMMARY: Forms will be incorporated into the rules.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: A Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost has been prepared and is available by contacting Allen Hall, Executive Director, at the address listed below.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 456.017, 486.025, 486.031(3), 486.051, 486.081 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.017, 486.031, 486.051, 486.081 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Board of Physical Therapy Practice, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B17-4.001 Licensure as a Physical Therapist Assistant by Examination.
Every physical therapist assistant who applies for licensure by examination shall file DOH Form #DH-MQA 1142 Application for Licensure, Revised 12/08, satisfy and demonstrate to the Board that the applicant:
(1) through (5) 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, 9-19-06,_________.
64B17-4.002 Licensure Examination Subjects and Passing Score; Additional Requirements After Third Failure; Florida Jurisprudence Examination.
(1) through (2) No change.
(3) An applicant must reapply, using DOH Form #DH-MQA 1143, Re-Exam Application, Revised 12/08, in order to retake the examination. If an applicant wishes to take the examination for the fourth time, the applicant must submit to the Board for approval satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed the following since the last taking of the examination: successful completion of a course of study or internship designed to prepare the applicant for the physical therapy assistant examination. An applicant who has completed these additional requirements may take the examination on two more occasions.
(4) All applicants for licensure including those licensed by endorsement under Rule 64B17-4.003, F.A.C., are required to take and pass the Florida Jurisprudence Examination developed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy.
(a) The Florida Jurisprudence Examination has 40 scored questions and the content and approximate weights are:
1. Legislative Intent and Definitions 25%;
2. Board Powers and Duties 5%;
3. Licensure and Examination 7.5%;
4. Patient Care 35%;
5. Disciplinary Action and Unlawful Practice 15%; and
6. Consumer Advocacy 12.5%. In order to achieve a passing score on the examination, an applicant must obtain a score equal to or greater than the scaled score based upon a passing score study conducted by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy.
(b) Applicants must reapply to retake the Florida Jurisprudence Examination, using DOH Form #DH-MQA 1143, Re-Exam Application, Revised 12/08.
Specific Authority 456.017(1)(b), 486.025, 486.104 FS. Law Implemented 456.017, 486.104 FS. History–New 8-6-84, Formerly 21M-10.22, Amended 4-12-87, 3-16-88, 6-20-89, Formerly 21M-10.022, Amended 6-3-92, 3-24-93, Formerly 21MM-4.002, 61F11-4.002, Amended 12-22-94, Formerly 59Y-4.002, Amended 2-14-02, 4-23-02, 12-5-04, 4-9-06, 6-27-07,_________.
64B17-4.003 Licensure by Endorsement.
An applicant, filing DOH Form #DH-MQA 1142 Application for Licensure, Revised 12/08, and demonstrating that he or she is licensed in another state may be licensed to practice as a physical therapist assistant by endorsement by presenting evidence of active licensure in another jurisdiction, under oath, and evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant from such other jurisdiction has been licensed under standards for licensure as high as those maintained in Florida. The standard for determining whether those requirements are as high as those in Florida shall be whether the applicant was required to meet educational standards equivalent to those set forth in subsection 64B17-4.001(3), F.A.C., and whether the written examination taken for licensure in such other jurisdiction was through the designated national physical therapist assistants examination provider certified by the Department. An applicant who has failed to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination for Physical Therapist Assistants by or on the fifth attempt, regardless of the jurisdiction through which the examination was taken, is precluded from licensure.
Specific Authority 486.025, 486.107(1) FS. Law Implemented 486.107(1) FS. History–New 8-6-84, Formerly 21M-10.26, Amended 5-18-86, Formerly 21M-10.026, 21MM-4.004, 61F11-4.004, 59Y-4.004, Amended 7-11-02, 11-11-02, 12-5-04, 4-9-06, ________.