Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Chapter 3 - Licensing of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants
Section 20 CSR 2150-3.100 - Applications for licensure as Physical Therapist Assistant

(1) All applicants are required to make application upon a form prepared by the board.

(2) No application will be considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and properly attested.

(3) All applicants must provide, on the application form, a recent photograph, in size no larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" x 5").

(4) Applications shall be sent to the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

(5) The board shall charge each person applying for licensure to practice as a physical therapist assistant, either by examination, reciprocity, or without examination prior to the expiration of the grandfather clause, an appropriate fee established by the board.

(6) No application will be processed prior to the submission of the required application fee in the appropriate form.

(7) An applicant may withdraw his/her application for licensure anytime prior to the board's vote on his/her candidacy for licensure. In the event that an applicant withdraws his/her application, the appropriate fee established by the board will be retained.

(8) In all instances where a signature of the applicant is required, this signature must be an original signature.

(9) All applicants shall take and pass a test administered by the board on the laws and rules related to the practice of physical therapy in Missouri. A minimum score of seventy-five percent (75%) is required to pass the examination.