Education Requirement

Education Requirement

(1) United States Educated Applicants Each applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant must have completed a program of physical therapy education appropriate for preparation as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, respectively, which is approved by the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education.

(2) Non-United States Educated Applicants Foreign educated physical therapist applicants must submit their education credentials to:

            International Credentialing Associates, Inc.
            7245 Bryan Dairy Road
            Bryan Dairy Business Park II
            Largo, Florida 33777

A copy of the evaluation by the credentials evaluating agency must be sent directly to the board. The board shall make the sole judgment in determining whether educational credentials are equivalent and acceptable. An English translated copy of the transcript must be sent directly to the board from the university.

A foreign educated appicant must have made acceptable scores on TOEFL (220); TSE (50); and TWE (4.5). A minimum of 124 semester hours of specific education if completed before 2003 and 155 semester hours if completed from 2003 to the present is required. Applicant must be licensed in the country in which physical therapy education was completed. The Board shall make the sole judgment in determining equivalency and acceptability of education.