Section 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.
Available Versions of this Section
- April 6, 2007 – House Bill 403 - 126th General Assembly [ View April 6, 2007 Version ]
- March 20, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 131 - 132nd General Assembly [ View March 20, 2019 Version ]
- October 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]
- December 29, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View December 29, 2023 Version ]