Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

148.6408 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST. § Subdivision 1. [Renumbered subd 1b] § Subd. 1a.Qualifications. To be licensed as an occupational therapist, an applicant must: (1) satisfy the education and examination requirements of subdivisions 1b and 2; or (2) satisfy the…

148.6410 QUALIFICATIONS FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS. § Subdivision 1. [Renumbered subd 1b] § Subd. 1a.Qualifications. To be licensed as an occupational therapist assistant, an applicant must: (1) satisfy the education and examination requirements of subdivisions 1b and 2;…

148.6412 LICENSURE BY EQUIVALENCY. § Subdivision 1. MS 2018 [Repealed, 2020 c 79 art 2 s 26] § Subd. 2.Persons currently certified by NBCOT. The board may license any person who holds current NBCOT certification as an occupational therapy practitioner. Nothing in this section lim…

148.6415 LICENSURE BY RECIPROCITY. The board may license any person who does not hold current NBCOT certification but who holds a compact privilege or a current credential as an occupational therapy practitioner in the District of Columbia or a state or territory of the United St…

148.6418 TEMPORARY LICENSURE. § Subdivision 1.Application. The board shall issue temporary licensure as an occupational therapy practitioner to applicants who are not the subject of a disciplinary action or past disciplinary action, nor disqualified on the basis of items listed i…

148.6420 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Applications for initial licensure. (a) An applicant for initial licensure must: (1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the board and must supply all information and documentation requested on the a…

148.6423 LICENSURE RENEWAL. § Subdivision 1.Renewal requirements. To be eligible for licensure renewal, a licensee must: (1) submit a completed and signed application for licensure renewal on forms provided by the board, including: (i) updated personal information, including the …

148.6425 RENEWAL OF LICENSURE; AFTER EXPIRATION DATE. § Subdivision 1.Removal of name from list. The names of licensees who do not comply with the licensure renewal requirements of section 148.6423 on or before the expiration date shall be removed from the list of individuals aut…

148.6428 CHANGE OF CONTACT INFORMATION OR EMPLOYMENT. A licensee who changes a name, primary email address, address, employment, business address, or business telephone number must inform the board of the change within 30 calendar days from the effective date of the change. A cha…

148.6431 JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION. The board may require occupational therapy practitioners to take an open-book jurisprudence examination on state laws and rules regarding the practice of occupational therapy and occupational therapy assisting. History: 1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 55

148.6432 SUPERVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. If the professional standards identified in subdivision 1a permit an occupational therapist to delegate an evaluation, reevaluation, or treatment procedure, the occupational therapist must pro…

148.6435 COORDINATION OF SERVICES. An occupational therapist must: (1) collect information necessary to ensure that the provision of occupational therapy services are consistent with the client's physical and mental health status. The information required to make this determinati…

148.6438 RECIPIENT NOTIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Required notification. (a) In the absence of a licensed health care provider referral or prior authorization, and before providing occupational therapy services for remuneration or expectation of payment from the client, an occupat…

148.6443 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.General requirements. (a) A licensed occupational therapist must obtain a minimum of 24 contact hours of continuing education in the two-year licensure period. A licensed occupational therapy assistant must obtain a mini…

148.6445 FEES. § Subdivision 1.Initial licensure fee. The initial licensure fee for occupational therapists is $185. The initial licensure fee for occupational therapy assistants is $105. § Subd. 2.Licensure renewal fee. The biennial licensure renewal fee for occupational therapi…

148.6448 GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF LICENSURE OR DISCIPLINE; INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES; DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for denial of licensure or discipline. The board may deny an application for licensure, may approve licensure with conditions, or may discipline a licen…

148.6449 BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The Board of Occupational Therapy Practice consists of 11 members appointed by the governor. The members are: (1) five occupational therapists licensed under sections 148.6401 to 148.645; (2) three occupat…

148.645 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT. ARTICLE I TITLE This statute shall be known and cited as the occupational therapist licensure compact. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (A) "Act…

148.65 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Physical therapy. As used in sections 148.65 to 148.78 the term "physical therapy" means the evaluation or treatment or both of any person by the employment of physical measures and the use of therapeutic exercises and rehabilitative procedures…

148.66 STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, DUTIES. The state Board of Physical Therapy established under section 148.67 shall administer sections 148.65 to 148.78. As used in sections 148.65 to 148.78, "board" means the state Board of Physical Therapy. The board shall: (1) adopt rul…

148.67 STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY; MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS, VACANCIES, REMOVALS. § Subdivision 1.Board of Physical Therapy appointed. The governor shall appoint a state Board of Physical Therapy to administer sections 148.65 to 148.78, regarding the qualifications and examin…

148.691 OFFICERS; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. § Subdivision 1.Officers of the board. The board shall elect from its members a president, a vice-president, and a secretary-treasurer. Each shall serve for one year or until a successor is elected and qualifies. The board shall appoint and e…

148.699 PHYSICAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT. The physical therapy licensure compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in the compact in the form substantially specified in this section. ARTICLE I TITLE This statute shall be known and…

148.70 APPLICANTS, QUALIFICATIONS. The Board of Physical Therapy must: (1) establish the qualifications of applicants for licensing and continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure; (2) provide for and conduct all examinations following satisfactory completion of al…

148.705 APPLICATION. § Subdivision 1.Form; fee. An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall submit a written application on forms provided by the board together with the appropriate fee in the amount set by the board. No portion of the…

148.706 PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS, AIDES, AND STUDENTS. § Subdivision 1.Supervision. Every physical therapist who uses the services of a physical therapist assistant or physical therapy aide for the purpose of assisting in the practice of physical therapy is responsible for f…

148.71 TEMPORARY PERMITS. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2007 c 123 s 137] § Subd. 2.Issuance. (a) The board may, upon completion of the application prescribed by the board and payment of a fee set by the board, issue a temporary permit to practice physical therapy under supervision…

148.715 FEES. The fees charged by the board are fixed at the following rates: (1) application fee for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, $100; (2) annual licensure for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, $60; (3) licensure renewal late fee, …

148.721 EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST. § Subdivision 1.Accredited program. All applicants for licensure as a physical therapist must complete a course in physical therapy education accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Educat…

148.722 EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT. All applicants for licensure as a physical therapist assistant must graduate from a physical therapist assistant educational program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Educa…

148.723 EXAMINATION FOR LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST. § Subdivision 1.National test. All applicants for licensure as a physical therapist must take and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) administered by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) …

148.724 EXAMINATION FOR LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT. § Subdivision 1.National test. All applicants for licensure as a physical therapist assistant must take and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) for physical therapist assistants administered by the F…

148.725 REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN-EDUCATED APPLICANTS. § Subdivision 1.Scope and documentation. An applicant for licensure who is a foreign-educated physical therapist must fulfill the requirements in subdivisions 2 to 5, providing certified English translations of board-required …

148.73 RENEWALS. Every licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant shall, before January 1 each year, apply to the board for an extension of a license and pay a fee in the amount set by the board. The extension of the license is contingent upon demonstration that…

148.735 CANCELLATION OF LICENSE IN GOOD STANDING. § Subdivision 1.Board approval; reporting. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant holding an active license to practice physical therapy in the state may, upon approval of the board, be granted license cancellation i…

148.736 CANCELLATION OF CREDENTIALS UNDER DISCIPLINARY ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Board approval; reporting. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant whose right to practice is under suspension, condition, limitation, qualification, or restriction by the board may be gran…

148.737 CANCELLATION OF LICENSE FOR NONRENEWAL. The Board of Physical Therapy shall not renew, reissue, reinstate, or restore a license that has lapsed on or after January 1, 2006, and has not been renewed within two annual license renewal cycles starting January 1, 2008. A licen…

148.74 RULES. The board may adopt rules needed to carry out sections 148.65 to 148.78. History: 1951 c 479 s 10; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1980 c 412 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 549 s 3; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 58; 2007 c 123 s 30

148.741 APPLICABILITY OF RULES. Minnesota Rules, parts 5601.0100 to 5601.3200, apply both to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, except parts 5601.1300; 5601.2000; 5601.3200, subpart 2, item D; and 5601.3200, subpart 5, only apply to physical therapists. Histor…

148.75 DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) The board may impose disciplinary action specified in paragraph (b) against an applicant or licensee whom the board, by a preponderance of the evidence, determines: (1) has violated a statute, rule, order, or agreement for corrective action that th…

148.754 EXAMINATION; ACCESS TO MEDICAL DATA. (a) If the board has probable cause to believe that a licensee comes under section 148.75, paragraph (a), clause (2), it may direct the licensee to submit to a mental or physical examination. For the purpose of this paragraph, every li…

148.755 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSE. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the board may, without a hearing, temporarily suspend the license of a licensee if the board finds that the licensee has violated a statute or rule which the board is empowered to enforce an…

148.76 PROHIBITED CONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Licensure required. No person shall: (1) provide physical therapy unless the person is licensed as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant under sections 148.65 to 148.78; (2) use the title of physical therapist without a li…

148.77 VIOLATIONS. Any person violating the provisions of section 148.76 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History: 1951 c 479 s 13; 1980 c 412 s 12

148.78 PROSECUTION, ALLEGATIONS. In the prosecution of any person for violation of sections 148.65 to 148.78 as specified in section 148.76, it shall not be necessary to allege or prove want of a valid license as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, but shall be …

148.7801 CITATION. Sections 148.7801 to 148.7815 may be cited as the "Minnesota Athletic Trainers Act." History: 1993 c 232 s 2