6734 - Requirements for a professional license. - New York Statutes

§ 6734. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: a. Application: file an application with the department; b. Education: have received an education, including completion of a four year college program in physical therapy, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such requirements shall include a bachelor's, higher degree or equivalent in physical therapy; c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; d. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and g. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.