Physical Therapist Assistant Temporary Licenses for Reinstatement

PURPOSE: Due to the passage of Senate Bill 788, this rule provides information to the applicant regarding the requirements for temporary licenses for reinstatement of an inactive license. (1) A temporary license may be issued to an applicant applying for reinstatement of an inactive licensure who— (A) Submits an agreement to supervise form signed by the applicant’s supervising physical therapist; and (B) 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) 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. (3) The temporary license shall automatically become invalid if one (1) of the following occurs: (A) The board is notified by the supervising physical therapist that the temporary licensee’s employment has ceased; or (B) At the end of one (1) year of issuance of the temporary license. (4) The temporary licensee may practice only under the on-site supervision of a licensed physical therapist. (5) The supervising physical therapist is required to report any inappropriate conduct or patient care to the board within three (3) business days. AUTHORITY: section 334.125, RSMo 2000 and sections 334.530, 334.550, and 334.687, RSMo Supp. 2008.* Original rule filed March 30, 2009, effective Nov. 30, 2009. ** *Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.530, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1995, 2004, 2008; 334.550, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1995, 2004, 2008; and 334.687, RSMo 2008. **Pursuant to Executive Order 21-07, 20 CSR 2150-3.153 was suspended from April 3, 2020 through April 23, 2021.