N.Y. Education Law § 6734: Requirements for a professional license
Where this section sits in the code
- Education Law
- Title 8. The Professions
- Article 136. Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants
§ 6734. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the
following requirements:
a. Application: file an application with the department;
b. Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree
in physical therapy or determined to be equivalent, in accordance with
the commissioner's regulations;
c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance
with the commissioner's regulations;
d. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and
g. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination and for
an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination;
a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee
of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration
period.
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