The Board proposes the rule amendment to reference a revised form.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Physical Therapy Practice

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
64B17-4.003: Licensure by Endorsement
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to reference a revised form.

SUMMARY: A revised form will be referenced in the rule.

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, 486.102, 486.107(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 486.107(1) FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE 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:

64B17-4.003 Licensure by Endorsement.

An applicant, filing DOH Form #DH-MQA 1142 Application for Licensure, Revised 0802/09, which is available through www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa, 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.

Rulemaking 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, 5-21-09, 9-28-09,_________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Physical Therapy Practice

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Physical Therapy Practice

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: November 5, 2009

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: October 16, 2009