KRS 327.050: Licensing provisions.

(1) Before the board may issue a license to a physical therapist applicant or a physical

therapist assistant applicant, the applicant shall have successfully completed an

accredited program in physical therapy approved by the board. No school shall be

approved by the board unless it has been approved for the educational preparation

of physical therapists or physical therapist assistants by the recognized national

accrediting agency for physical therapy educational programs.

(2) Any person who possesses the qual ifications required by this chapter and who

desires to apply for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in

Kentucky shall make written application to the board, on forms to be provided by

the board. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee

in an amount to be determined by the board.

(3) If it appears from the application that the applicant possesses the qualifications

required by this chapter and has not yet successfully completed the board -approved

examination, the applicant shall be allowed to sit for the examination and tested in

the subjects the board may determine to be necessary.

(4) Examinations shall be held within the state at least once a year at the time and place

as the board shall determine.

(5) An applicant who is admitted to the examination or an applicant who has submitted

satisfactory evidence that the applicant has been accepted as a candidate for

licensure by examination in a state which offers an examination approved by the

board may be granted a provisional license which shall be valid until the applicant's

examination is graded and the applicant is notified by the board of the applicant's

score. The board may summarily withdraw a provisional license upon

determination that the pers on has made any false statement to the board on the

application, or the person fails to pass an examination approved by the board.

(6) An applicant who receives a passing score as determined by the board and who

meets the other qualifications required by t his chapter shall be licensed as a

physical therapist or physical therapist assistant.

(7) An applicant who fails to receive a passing score on the examination shall not be

licensed, but the board may, by administrative regulation, permit applicants to tak e

the examination more than once.

(8) All licenses shall be renewed biennially upon payment on or before March 31 of

each odd-numbered year of a renewal fee in an amount to be promulgated by the

board by administrative regulations.

(9) Licenses which are n ot renewed by March 31 of each odd -numbered year shall

lapse.