QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Continuing Education acceptable subject area - ✔✔professional ethics
clinical education
clinical practice
clinical research
clinical management
clinical science
Florida law relating to physical therapy
basic sciences
risk management (no more than 5 contact hours)
HIV/AIDS. (up to 3 hours)
prevention of medical errors education (up to 3 hours)
✔✔PT: renewal, inactive status, reactivation of license; fees.— - ✔✔renewal $200
biennial
fees: application, renewal, delinquency, reactivation not to exceed $200
inactive renewal: con ed 10 hours per year inactive
OR
evidence actively practice PT in another state for 4 years preceding
OR
application & passes examination
✔✔Address of Licensee. - ✔✔current address for any notice of law to be served
provide board of address change within 60 days in writing
✔✔Requirements for Reactivation of an Inactive or Retired License. - ✔✔An inactive or
retired license shall be reactivated upon receipt by the Board office of the following:
(1) Payment of all applicable fees, including:
(a) The biennial renewal fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.005(1), F.A.C.;
(b) The unlicensed activity fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.001(5), F.A.C.;
(c) The reactivation fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.005(6), F.A.C.;
(d) The change of status fee as specified by subsection 64B17-2.001(7), F.A.C.;
(2) Documentation of compliance with all continuing education requirements as
provided in Rule 64B17-9.001, F.A.C.,
including prevention of medical errors, for the biennium during which the licensee last
held an active license; and,
(3)(a) Documentation of completion of ten (10) hours of continuing education for each
year the license was inactive, including
, two (2) hours on the prevention of medical errors. No more than six (6) hours of
continuing education may be completed by home
study per year of inactive status. In addition, the applicant must document completion of
two (2) hours of continuing education
specifically on Florida Physical Therapy Laws and Rules within the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding application for
reactivation;
(b) Documentation that the applicant is licensed and in good standing in another state
and has actively engaged in the practice
of physical therapy for the four (4) years immediately preceding application for
reactivation. For purposes of this paragraph, "actively
engaged in the practice of physical therapy" means the applicant practiced at least four
hundred (400) hours per year in a state or
states where the applicant maintained licensure; or
(c) Documentation of application for and successful passage of the National Physical
Therapy Examination, including payment
of all associated fees.
✔✔False representation of licensure, or willful misrepresentation or fraudulent
representation to obtain
license, unlawful.— - ✔✔(1)(a) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed under
this chapter as a physical therapist, or whose license has
been suspended or revoked, to use in connection with her or his name or place of
business the words "physical therapist,"
"physiotherapist," "physical therapy," "physiotherapy," "registered physical therapist," or
"licensed physical therapist"; or
the letters "P.T.," "Ph.T.," "R.P.T.," or "L.P.T."; or any other words, letters, abbreviations,
or insignia indicating or implying
that she or he is a physical therapist or to represent herself or himself as a physical
therapist in any other way, orally, in
writing, in print, or by sign, directly or by implication, unless physical therapy services
are provided or supplied by a physical
therapist licensed in accordance with this chapter.
(b) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this chapter as a physical
therapist assistant, or whose
license has been suspended or revoked, to use in connection with her or his name the
words "physical therapist assistant,"
"licensed physical therapist assistant," "registered physical therapist assistant," or
"physical therapy technician"; or the letters
"P.T.A.," "L.P.T.A.," "R.P.T.A.," or "P.T.T."; or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or
insignia indicating or implying
that she or he is a physical therapist assistant or to represent herself or himself as a
physical therapist assistant in any other
way, orally, in writing, in print, or by sign, directly or by implication.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to obtain or attempt to obtain a license under this
chapter by any willful