4755.451 Physical therapist assistant license - reciprocity. - Ohio Statutes

4755.451 Physical therapist assistant license - reciprocity.

The physical therapy section of the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board shall issue to an applicant a license as a physical therapist assistant without requiring the applicant to have passed the national examination for physical therapist assistants described in division (A) of section 4755.431 of the Revised Code within one year of filing an application described in section 4755.421 of the Revised Code if all of the following are true:

(A) The applicant presents evidence satisfactory to the physical therapy section that the applicant received a score on the national physical therapy examination described in division (A) of section 4755.431 of the Revised Code that would have been a passing score according to the board in the year the applicant sat for the examination;

(B) The applicant presents evidence satisfactory to the physical therapy section that the applicant passed the jurisprudence examination described in division (B) of section 4755.431 of the Revised Code;

(C) The applicant holds a current and valid license or registration to practice as a physical therapist assistant in another state;

(D) The applicant can demonstrate that the applicant’s education is reasonably equivalent to the educational requirements that were in force for licensure in this state on the date of the applicant’s initial licensure or registration in the other state;

(E) The applicant pays the fee described in division (B) of section 4755.421 of the Revised Code;

(F) The applicant is not in violation of any section of this chapter or rule adopted under it.

Effective Date: 2006 HB406 04-06-2007