334.550. Temporary license, issuance, fees.
Temporary license, issuance, fees.
334.550. 1. An applicant who has not been previously examined inthis state or another jurisdiction and meets the qualifications ofsubsection 1 of section 334.530, or an applicant applying for reinstatementof an inactive license under a supervised active practice, may pay atemporary license fee and submit an agreement-to-supervise form, which issigned by the applicant's supervising physical therapist, to the board andobtain without examination a nonrenewable temporary license. Suchtemporary licensee may only engage in the practice of physical therapyunder the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. The supervisingphysical therapist shall hold an unencumbered license to practice physicaltherapy in this state and shall provide the board proof of active clinicalpractice in this state for a minimum of one year prior to supervising atemporary licensee. The supervising physical therapist shall not be animmediate family member of the applicant. The board shall define immediatefamily member and the scope of such supervision by rules and regulations.The supervising physical therapist for the first-time examinee applicantshall submit to the board a signed notarized form prescribed by the boardattesting that the applicant for temporary license shall begin employmentat a location in this state within seven days of issuance of the temporarylicense. The supervising physical therapist shall notify the board withinthree days if the temporary licensee's employment ceases. A licensedphysical therapist shall not supervise more than one temporary licensee.
2. The temporary license for the first-time examinee applicant shallexpire on the date the applicant receives the results of the applicant'sinitial examination, the date the applicant withdraws from sitting for theexamination, the date the board is notified by the supervising physicaltherapist that the temporary licensee's employment has ceased, or withinninety days of its issuance, whichever occurs first.
3. The temporary license for the reinstatement applicant under thesupervised active practice shall expire effective one year from the date ofissuance.
(L. 1969 H.B. 39 § 6, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1995 S.B. 452, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1122 merged with S.B. 1181, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)