334.665. Temporary license--fee authorized--expires, when.
Temporary license--fee authorized--expires, when.
334.665. 1. An applicant who has not been previously examined inanother jurisdiction and meets the qualifications of subsection 1 ofsection 334.655 or an applicant applying for reinstatement of an inactivelicense under a supervised active practice may pay a temporary license feeand submit an agreement-to-supervise form which is signed by theapplicant's supervising physical therapist to the board and obtain withoutexamination a nonrenewable temporary license. Such temporary licensee mayonly practice under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Thesupervising physical therapist shall hold an unencumbered license topractice physical therapy in the state of Missouri and shall provide theboard proof of active clinical practice in the state of Missouri for aminimum of one year prior to supervising the temporary licensee. Thesupervising physical therapist shall not be an immediate family member ofthe applicant. The board shall define immediate family member and thescope of such supervision by rule. The supervising physical therapist forthe first-time examinee applicant shall submit to the board a signednotarized form prescribed by the board attesting that the applicant fortemporary license shall begin employment at a location in this state withinseven days of issuance of the temporary license. The supervising physicaltherapist shall notify the board within three days if the temporarylicensee's employment ceases. A licensed physical therapist shallsupervise no 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. 1996 H.B. 999, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1122 merged with S.B. 1181, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)