{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6734","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 6734","heading":"Requirements for a professional license","body":"§ 6734. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a\nlicense as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the\nfollowing requirements:\n  a. Application: file an application with the department;\n  b. Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree\nin physical therapy or determined to be equivalent, in accordance with\nthe commissioner's regulations;\n  c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance\nwith the commissioner's regulations;\n  d. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n  f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n  g. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the\ndepartment for admission to a department conducted examination and for\nan initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination;\na fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons\nnot requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee\nof one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration\nperiod.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 136. Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/6734","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"4f29a96e5d2e071b0a0d3b7cdf08f941ede248131078a8ec781ca1416468c1f4","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6733","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-6735"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}