License: Temporary PTA Permit

Indiana Professional Licensing Agency Physical Therapy Committee external site

402 West Washington Street

Room W072

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 234-8800

844 IAC 6-3-5 Temporary permits Sec. 5. (a) For applicants for licensure by endorsement, the committee may not issue more than two (2) temporary permits to an applicant for a license as a physical therapist or a certificate as a physical therapist's assistant where the applicant submits verification of a valid license to practice physical therapy or a valid certificate to act as a physical therapist's assistant from another jurisdiction and meets the requirements of section 1(1) through 1(4) and 1(7) of this rule, except where the applicant has graduated from an educational program in another state, country, or territory, not approved by the committee. (b) For recent graduates, the committee may issue not more than two (2) temporary permits to an applicant for a license as a physical therapist or a certificate as a physical therapist's assistant who is a graduate of an approved physical therapy program or an approved physical therapist's assistant program that meets the standards set by the committee and who has applied for and been approved by the committee to take the examination for which the applicant has applied for licensure or certification. (c) A candidate for a license as a physical therapist or for a certificate as a physical therapist's assistant holding a temporary permit under this section shall only work under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist and shall report to the committee, on a form provided by the committee, the name of the facility and supervising physical therapists.