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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 112. Board of Physical Therapy |
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Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Physical Therapy |
Section 135. Inactive license
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A. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds a current, unrestricted license in Virginia shall, upon a request on the renewal application and submission of the required renewal fee, be issued an inactive license.
1. The holder of an inactive license shall not be required to meet active practice requirements.
2. An inactive licensee shall not be entitled to perform any act requiring a license to practice physical therapy in Virginia.
B. A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who holds an inactive license may reactivate his license by:
1. Paying the difference between the renewal fee for an inactive license and that of an active license for the biennium in which the license is being reactivated;
2. Providing proof of 320 active practice hours in another jurisdiction within the four years immediately preceding application for reactivation.
a. If the inactive physical therapist licensee does not meet the requirement for active practice, the license may be reactivated by completing 320 hours in a traineeship that meets the requirements prescribed in 18VAC112-20-140 or documenting that he has met the standard of the PRT within the two years preceding application for reactivation of licensure in Virginia and successfully completing 160 hours in a traineeship in accordance with requirements in 18VAC112-20-140.
b. If the inactive physical therapist assistant licensee does not meet the requirement for active practice, the license may be reactivated by completing 320 hours in a traineeship that meets the requirements prescribed in 18VAC112-20-140; and
3. Completing the number of continuing competency hours required for the period in which the license has been inactive, not to exceed four years.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 16, Issue 25, eff. September 27, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 08, eff. January 30, 2002; Volume 19, Issue 01, eff. October 23, 2002; Volume 22, Issue 01, eff. October 19, 2005; Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. September 30, 2009; Volume 27, Issue 02, eff. October 27, 2010; Volume 29, Issue 21, eff. July 17, 2013; Volume 30, Issue 10, eff. February 27, 2014.