Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 930
       
       
        
       By Senator Simpson
       
       
       
       
       
       18-00690A-14                                           2014930__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to physical therapy practice; amending
    3         ss. 486.051 and 486.104, F.S.; increasing the number
    4         of times an applicant for licensure as a physical
    5         therapist or physical therapist assistant may take the
    6         license examination; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Section 486.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   11  read:
   12         486.051 Physical therapist; examination of applicant.—The
   13  examination examinations of an applicant for licensure licensing
   14  as a physical therapist shall be in accordance with rules
   15  adopted by the board to evaluate, to test the applicant’s
   16  qualifications and includes shall include the taking of a test
   17  by the applicant. If an applicant fails to pass the examination
   18  after in three attempts, the applicant is shall not be eligible
   19  for reexamination unless she or he completes additional
   20  educational or training requirements prescribed by the board. An
   21  applicant who has completed the additional educational or
   22  training requirements prescribed by the board may take the
   23  examination on two more occasions. If the applicant fails has
   24  failed to pass the examination after five attempts, she or he
   25  must repeat the additional educational or training requirements
   26  prescribed by the board. If the applicant fails to pass the
   27  examination after a total of 10 attempts in this or any other
   28  state, he or she is permanently barred from taking is no longer
   29  eligible to take the examination.
   30         Section 2. Section 486.104, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   31  read:
   32         486.104 Physical therapist assistant; examination of
   33  applicant.—The examination of an applicant for licensure
   34  licensing as a physical therapist assistant shall be in
   35  accordance with rules adopted by the board to evaluate, to test
   36  the applicant’s qualifications and includes shall include the
   37  taking of a test by the applicant. If an applicant fails to pass
   38  the examination after in three attempts, the applicant is shall
   39  not be eligible for reexamination unless she or he completes
   40  additional educational or training requirements prescribed by
   41  the board. An applicant who has completed the additional
   42  educational or training requirements prescribed by the board may
   43  take the examination on two more occasions. If the applicant
   44  fails has failed to pass the examination after five attempts,
   45  she or he must repeat the additional educational or training
   46  requirements prescribed by the board. If the applicant fails to
   47  pass the examination after a total of 10 attempts in this or any
   48  other state, he or she is permanently barred from taking is no
   49  longer eligible to take the examination.
   50         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.