64B17-5.001. Requirements for Reactivation of an Inactive or Retired License

CHAPTER 64B17-5 INACTIVE STATUS AND REACTIVATION 64B17-5.001 Requirements for Reactivation of an Inactive License 64B17-5.002 Exemption of Spouses of Members of Armed Forces from Licensure Renewal Provisions 64B17-5.001 Requirements for Reactivation of an Inactive or Retired License. An inactive or retired license shall be reactivated upon receipt by the Board office of the following: (1) Payment of all applicable fees, including: (a) The biennial renewal fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.001(5), F.A.C.; (b) The unlicensed activity fee as specified by section 456.065(3), F.S.; (c) The reactivation fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.001(9), F.A.C.; (d) The change of status fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.001(10), F.A.C.; and (2) Documentation of compliance with all continuing education requirements as provided in rule 64B17-9.001, F.A.C., including prevention of medical errors, for the biennium during which the licensee last held an active license; and (3)(a) Documentation of completion of ten (10) hours of continuing education for each year the license was inactive. No more than six (6) hours of continuing education may be completed by home study or online per year of inactive status. As part of the ten (10) hours of continuing education, the applicant must document completion of two (2) hours of continuing education specifically on Florida Physical Therapy Laws and Rules and two (2) hours on the prevention of medical errors within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding application for reactivation. In lieu of two (2) hours of continuing education specifically on Florida Physical Therapy Laws and Rules, the applicant may receive two (2) hours of continuing education for taking and passing, within twelve (12) months immediately preceding application for reactivation, the Florida laws and rules examination developed by the FSBPT; or (b) Documentation that the applicant is licensed and in good standing in another state and has actively engaged in the practice of physical therapy for the four (4) years immediately preceding application for reactivation. For purposes of this paragraph, “actively engaged in the practice of physical therapy” means the applicant practiced at least four hundred (400) hours per year in a state or states where the applicant maintained licensure; or (c) Documentation of application for and successful passage of the National Physical Therapy Examination, including payment of all associated fees.