Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Chapter 20 - Physical Therapists and Assistants
Subchapter 3 - Licensure of Physical Therapists and Assistants
Section 435:20-3-7 - Licensure by agreement

(a) The Secretary may enter into a written agreement with an applicant for licensure to provide assurance that the Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant may be able to practice physical therapy with reasonable skill and safety.

(b) The Secretary may enter such an Agreement when circumstances and/or conditions of an applicant raise questions as to the fitness or ability of the applicant to practice physical therapy with reasonable skill and safety or questions as to prior actions of the applicant in this or any other jurisdiction would constitute a violation of the Act or these rules, as the Secretary may determine.

(c) The Agreement shall be a written statement of conditions on which a license may be granted to an applicant, although no license shall be guaranteed or granted should an applicant enter into an Agreement, by which the Secretary shall devise and specify authority of the Board or its staff to meet with the applicant upon specific terms, to gather additional information from the applicant or to require the applicant to take certain specific actions if, when and after the applicant is granted a license by the Board. Additionally, the Applicant shall agree to pay all actual costs incurred for any testing or monitoring required under the Agreement.

(d) Any Agreement entered into by the Secretary and an applicant shall not be effective until ratified by the Board.

(e) The Board intends any agreement entered into by the Secretary and an applicant to be of continuing nature until set aside or otherwise terminated by the Board.

(f) Licensure by agreement shall not be considered by the Board to be disciplinary action.

(g) The failure of a licensee who is subject of an agreement to comply with the terms of an agreement shall be considered in violation of the rules of the Board and shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the Board pursuant to section 8, subchapter 5, chapter 20 of this Title. Failure to comply with an agreement hereunder may subject a licensee to revocation by the Board.

(h) The Committee may recommend an application to the Secretary and request the Secretary to review the application for the possibility of entering an agreement with an applicant.