New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 20 - PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
Part 9 - EDUCATION CRITERIA FOR FOREIGN-EDUCATED APPLICANTS
Section 16.20.9.9 - CREDENTIAL EVALUATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Foreign-educated applicants must submit a credential evaluation from an educational credentialing evaluation service that uses a course work evaluation tool approved by the board.
A. The minimum educational credentials of a foreign-educated physical therapist should be a degree in physical therapy with all credits being earned at an institution of higher learning.
B. The board will accept final credential reports only from the credentialing service and only if the credential evaluation has been prepared within one year prior to the application date.
C. The credentialing agency must identify and list those courses which would not transfer to the U.S. as a "C" or above or "pass" or "credit" in accordance with the most current version of the national association for foreign student affairs handbook on the placement of foreign graduate students. The agency must omit any of these courses that are required physical therapy courses when evaluating the equivalency of the credentials to a U.S. degree in physical therapy.
D. Should the foreign-educated applicant's credential evaluation fail to demonstrate equivalency according to standards of accredited physical therapy programs in the United States, upon a request by the applicant for reconsideration, the board will reconsider whether the applicant has substantially met the requirements of 16.20.9.8 NMAC.
