64B17-3.001: Licensure as a Physical Therapist by Examination
64B17-3.003: Licensure by Endorsement
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendments for incorporation of revised forms.
SUMMARY: The revised 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.
The following is a summary of the SERC:
• Over a five year period, an estimated 6,510 applications could be received.
• The only costs to be incurred are rulemaking costs. No effect on state or local revenue is expected.
• No transactional costs are expected to be incurred by applicants or other entities by the proposed changes to the rule.
• The proposed change is not expected to impact small business, small counties or small cities.
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: 486.025, 486.031(3), 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:
64B17-3.001 Licensure as a Physical Therapist by Examination.
Every physical therapist who applies for licensure by examination shall file DOH Form #DH-MQA 1142 Application for Licensure, Revised 02/09 12/08, incorporated by reference, which is available through www.doh. state.fl.us/mqa, and demonstrate to the Board that the applicant:
(1) through (4) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 486.025(1), 486.031(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.017, 486.031, 486.051 FS. History–New 8-6-84, Amended 6-2-85, Formerly 21M-7.20, Amended 5-18-86, Formerly 21M-7.020, 21MM-3.001, Amended 3-1-94, Formerly 61F11-3.001, Amended 12-22-94, 4-10-96, Formerly 59Y-3.001, Amended 12-30-98, 1-23-03, 4-9-06, 9-19-06, 3-13-07, 5-11-08, 5-21-09, ________.
64B17-3.003 Licensure by Endorsement.
An applicant filing DOH Form #DH-MQA 1142 Application for Licensure, Revised 02/09 12/08, which is available through www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa, and demonstrating that he or she meets the requirements of Rule 64B17-3.001, F.A.C., may be licensed to practice physical therapy by endorsement by presenting evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has active licensure in another jurisdiction and has passed an examination before a similar, lawful, authorized examining board in physical therapy in such other jurisdiction if their standards for licensure are as high as those maintained in Florida. The standard for determining whether the standards of another jurisdiction are as high as the standards in Florida shall be whether the written examination taken for licensure in such other jurisdiction by applicants meeting Florida’s minimum educational qualifications was through the national physical therapy examination provider certified by the Department. An applicant who has failed to pass the National Physical Therapy Examination for Physical Therapists by or on the fifth attempt, regardless of the jurisdiction through which the examination was taken, is precluded from licensure.
Rulemaking Authority 486.025, 486.081 FS. Law Implemented 486.081 FS. History–New 8-6-84, Formerly 21M-7.26, Amended 5-18-86, Formerly 21M-7.026, 21MM-3.004, 61F11-3.004, 59Y-3.004, Amended 4-21-02, 11-11-02, 11-1-04, 4-9-06, 5-21-09, _________.