New York Laws
Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants
6734 - Requirements for a Professional License.

§ 6734. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the
following requirements:

a. Application: file an application with the department;

b. Education: have received an education, including completion of a
master's degree or higher in physical therapy or determined to be
equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance
with the commissioner's regulations;

d. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and

g. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination and for
an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination;
a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons
not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee
of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration
period.