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N.Y. Education Law § 6734: Requirements for a professional license

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 8. The Professions
  3. 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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