Reciprocity for PTs and PTAs (Non-Foreign Educated Therapists)

1. Using a non-university/student email account, select New License Applicant account and create your account.
2. Complete the online application. Ensure that you include your FSBPT ID, your PT/PTA program's name, and your anticipated graduation date on your application. The application fee is payable via credit/debit card only. Please be advised that once you complete the online application, you will not be able to go back and edit it.
3. Pass the Jurisprudence exam. The exam is linked to your New License Applicant checklist. All applicants must make a 75% or higher to pass the Board's online jurisprudence.  The exam is free of charge and consists of 40 questions from the Louisiana Practice Act and Rules.
4. Complete the Minimum Data Set (MDS) Survey and the Privacy Statement. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. If the question is not applicable to your situation, enter n/a. We are aware that you will not have a PT/PTA license number to enter in the survey. Please enter n/a.

1. Official Transcript: The transcript must not be a copy and must be sent directly from the school to the Board. Transcripts may be sent via postal mail or emailed to the address below. Do not send transcripts to other board email addresses. Staff cannot gurantee the receipt of transcripts sent to any other email address. When you request a final transcript from your institution, verify that the transcript states that the degree was conferred or awarded. 
   

   Email transcripts to Transcripts@laptboard.org

2. Passport-Sized Photo: Upload one (1) 2 in. x 2in. recent passport-style photograph (taken within six (6) months of the application date) to be used for identification purposes. Photos must be only of the applicant and cannot include animals or other people. You must be fully dressed in the photo, no tank tops or other revealing clothing.
3. Forms of ID: Upload proper forms of identification to prove identity and authorization to work in the United States. A copy of your social security card must be submitted. You must also submit either a copy of your Driver's License (front and back) OR your passport. All copies must be in color. If you are not a citizen of the United States, submit proper documentation evidencing that you have obtained legal authority to work in the United States. Expired documentation will not be accepted. All documents should be scans of the original and not pictures taken with phones or tablets.

Background check results received without an active application on file first will be destroyed.  

Resources:

• Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights
• Privacy Statement

If you have ever taken a US administered national physical therapy or physical therapy assistant licensing examination, in this state or any other state for the profession for which you are now making application, you must disclose your examination results to this Board.

If you have taken the National Physical Therapy Examination with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), you must request your scores be transferred to this Board by the FSBPT Score Transfer Service at https://www.fsbpt.org.

If you have ever been licensed, certified or registered (including temporary permits) to practice physical therapy, you must provide written verification for each jurisdiction in which you were granted a permit or license. Contact the licensing board from which you are requesting verification for their instructions. Written verification of licensure must be mailed or emailed directly from the licensing board to the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board. 

Verifications sent to any other email address may result in delays or the document(s) not being received at all.

Please upload a combined copy of your continuing education certificates. Emailed copies will NOT be accepted. 

Provide proof in the form of completed course certificates of continuing education compliance from all jurisdictions in which the applicant has held an active license in the previous 24 months along with a personal statement explaining the requirements of each jurisdiction.

All current year new graduates applying via reciprocity are exempt from supplying proof of continuing education credits. Provide a statement in your application for licensure notifying the board that you are a new graduate. Please type and sign your statement before uploading.

All documents should be scans of the original and not pictures taken with phones or tablets.

Please refer to your checklist for updates on your application status. If you have questions after reviewing your checklist you may contact the Licensing Analyst.

The application fee is electronic only and payable by all major credit/debit cards including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.

A license issued to an applicant for the first time shall be for a term of one year or two years, to be determined by the birth year of the applicant (Rule §175.C). THIS FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE.

• Even Birth Year & Odd Application Year  $250
• Odd Birth Year & Even Application Year  $250
• Even Birth Year & Even Application Year  $390
• Odd Birth Year & Odd Application Year  $390

Applicants that apply at the end of one calendar year and receive their license in the following year may either owe additional fees or be entitled to a partial refund per the Fee Schedule referenced above. Please contact the Licensing Analyst for guidance.