Physical Therapist Assistant Temporary Licensure

PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements for temporary licensure to practice as a physical therapist assistant. (1) A temporary license may be issued to a first-time applicant for licensure by examination who— (A) Meets the qualifications of section 334.655, RSMo; (B) Submits an agreement to supervise form signed by the applicant’s supervising physical therapist; and (C) Submits a notarized statement from the supervising physical therapist stating that they are not an immediate family member of the applicant and that they have been involved in active clinical practice in the state of Missouri for a minimum of one (1) year. (2) A temporary license will not be issued to an applicant who has failed the Missouri licensure examination or a licensure examination in any jurisdiction. (3) Immediate family member is defined as a relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, or of a person with whom he or she cohabits. (A) First degree: spouse, child, parents; (B) Second degree: grandchild, brother/sister, grandparents; (C) Third degree: great-grandchild, niece or nephew, aunt or uncle, great-grandparents; and (D) Fourth degree: great-great-grandchild, grandniece or grandnephew, first cousin, grandaunt or granduncle, great-great-grandparents. (4) If the temporary licensee passes the examination within ninety (90) days of issuance of the temporary license, the temporary license shall remain valid until a permanent license is issued or denied. (5) The temporary license shall automatically become invalid if one (1) of the following occurs: (A) The temporary licensee fails the examination; (B) The temporary licensee does not sit for the examination; (C) The temporary licensee withdraws from the sitting for the examination; (D) The board is notified by the supervising physical therapist that the temporary licensee’s employment has ceased; or (E) At the end of ninety (90) days of issuance of the temporary license. (6) A Missouri permanently licensed physical therapist shall direct and supervise the temporarily licensed physical therapist assistant at all times, pursuant to section 334.650, RSMo, and 20 CSR 2150-3.090. (7) The supervising physical therapist is required to report any inappropriate conduct or patient care to the board. AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and sections 334.650, 334.665, 334.670, and 334.687, RSMo Supp. 2008.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-3.150. Original rule filed Sept. 4, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Jan. 3, 2006, effective June 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 21503.150, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Dec. 14, 2007, effective June 30, 2008. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009. ** *Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.650, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; 334.665, RSMo 1996, amended 2004, 2008; 334.670, RSMo 1996, amended 2008; and 334.687, RSMo 2008. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-09, 20 CSR 2150-3.150, section (4) and subsection (5)(E) was suspended from April 3, 2020 through December 31, 2021.