Licensing & Renewal Information

For detailed information about the licensure or renewal process, select the type of license relevant to your profession or program from the list provided below. The Florida Board of Physical Therapy requires licensees to renew their licenses biennially to maintain the right to practice. The Board has made every effort to include all necessary information for both licensure and renewal processes on this website. Resources such as the Help Center, FAQs, and Resources page provide answers to frequently asked questions, along with access to links, forms, and applications. For additional assistance, including specific inquiries about the renewal process, you may contact a renewal specialist.

Florida law provides that an initial application must be reviewed within 30 days. Below is the average number of days at which we are currently processing.

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Physical Therapist

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Out-of-State Telehealth
Provider Registration

The out-of-state telehealth provider registration is for health care practitioners licensed outside of Florida ONLY. Florida licensees can already provide telehealth services to patients in Florida that they can treat in person.
Health care practitioners with an out-of-state license or certification that falls under section 456.47(1)(b), F.S, qualify for an out-of-state telehealth provider registration number when they meet the following requirements:

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CS/SB 7016-Physical
Therapy Compact

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The Live Healthy Legislation, Senate Bill 7016 has become law, however, the Executive Board of the Compact reviewed the language and found that it materially deviated or conflicted with the model statute. As a result of this determination, Florida is deemed ineligible for Compact membership and shall not be entitled to any of the rights, privileges, or benefits of a Member State as set forth in the model statute and the rules, bylaws, and policies and procedures adopted by the Compact. This means that physical therapists and physical therapist assistants licensed in Florida will be ineligible to obtain compact privileges to practice physical therapy in other compact states, and that physical therapists and physical therapist assistants licensed in other compact states are ineligible to exercise the compact privilege to practice in Florida until these issues are resolved through legislative action.

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