Foreign Graduates; Requirements

(a)The following is required of applicants for physical therapists who are foreign graduates:

(1)be of good moral character;

(2)be a United States citizen or legal alien;

(3)submit to the Board the following documents, which must be in English or accompanied by an English translation:

(A)official application and affidavits;

(B)evidence of a diploma from an educational program for physical therapy approved by the Board;

(C)a letter from the applicant’s most recent employer verifying the applicant’s position and dates of employment;

(4)demonstrate that the applicant’s credentials are equivalent to those required of a U.S. educated physical therapist applicant (The foreign education must contain evidence of course work in humanities and social sciences, as well as courses in biology and other physical sciences, equivalent to a United States degree in physical therapy. The applicant must submit notarized copies of all academic records to either the International Education Research Foundation or the International CH. 12 MEDICAL PRACTICES - PART II Consultants of Delaware, for evaluation; addresses for each shall be listed with the Board office. A copy of the evaluation must be sent directly to the Board.);

(5)if the Board determines that the educational background is not equivalent to a U.S. accredited physical therapy program, or the applicant’s program is found deficient in physical therapy credits, the applicant must successfully complete a physical therapy program which conforms with the standards of the official accrediting agency determined by the U.S. Office of Education, or at the discretion of the Board, complete specified courses in physical therapy;

(6)complete a minimum of twenty

(20)continuous weeks of internship under direction and immediate supervision of a physical therapist, in an institution which is approved by the Board, and furnish documentary evidence of compliance to the Board; and

(7)may appear before the Board for an oral interview.

(b)If the Board finds the internship to have been successfully completed and the educational equivalency requirements met, the applicant must take a licensure examination given by a state or territory within the United States.

(c)Physical therapist assistants must comply with all requirements of this Article, have passed an examination given by the Professional Examination Service in the United States or one

(1)of its territories, and have been granted a current license. ARTICLE 16 [VACANT]