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Invite Your FSBPT Board Liaison to Your Next Meeting The FSBPT Board’s Fiduciary Role: Protecting FSBPT’s Assets Member Input into B...

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Invite Your FSBPT Board Liaison to Your Next Meeting The FSBPT Board’s Fiduciary Role: Protecting FSBPT’s Assets Member Input into B...

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Dive Deeper into Physical Therapy Regulation with Our New Resource Directories! Share Your Webinar and Annual Education Meeting Ideas! Funde...

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Plan for the New Year! Model Practice Act Moment Key Resources for Understanding the 2024 NPTE Redesign Available Funding Opportunities Up...

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Membership Survey Action Series: FSBPT's Investments in ELDD and PT Compact Enhancements Model Practice Act Moment Save the Dates! New Passing S...

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Send Us Your Referrals 2023 Annual Education Meeting Wrap-up The Results of the 2023 Elections Membership Survey Action New series! "Model Practice Ac...

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Prepare for the Annual Education Meeting No Delegate Assembly This Year/a> The Slate for the 2023 Elections Membership Survey Action New Feature! "Mod...

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Prepare for the Annual Education Meeting The Slate for the 2023 Elections Launch of HRRI Website and CPMDS Resources Scam Alert: Be Vigilant of Jurisd...

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FSBPT Board Holds Workshop on Model Practice Act Leadership Issues Forum Wrap-up Task Forces Review NPTE Passing Standard The Slate for the 2023 Elect...

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Membership Survey Insights and Recommendations Get Ready for LIF! Help Us Determine Competency Standards The Slate for t...

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Get Ready for LIF! Call for Panelists: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Physical Therapy Help Us Determine Competency Standards ...

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The Slate for the 2023 Elections Funding Available to Enhance the ELDD, Improve PT Compact Implementation, and Collect Workforce Data The PT Compact i...

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FSBPT Grants Montana Opts into the Alternate Approval Pathway South Dakota Board of Physical Therapy Created with Bill Signing ...

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FSBPT Grants Select Your 2023 Delegates and Funded Administrator The PT Compact is Growing Share Your Webinar and Annual Education Meeting Ideas! Expr...

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Share Your Webinar and Annual Education Meeting Ideas! Express Your Interest in Running for Office Funded Members for the Leadership Issues Forum and ...

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Plan for the New Year! Changes to the NPTE New Board Liaisons Jurisdictional Changes that Affect Non-CAPTE GraduatesWebinar: Challenges for Healthcar...

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2024 NPTE Content Outlines Approved Basis for Action Codes Webinars “DPT”: Is it a Protected Term in Your Jurisdiction? Take FSBPT’s...

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2022 Election Results PT Compact Elections Some Personal Trainers Use DPT New Disciplinary Codes Take FSBPT&...

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Serve on an FSBPT Committee! Updated Vaccine Policy Prepare for the Delegate Workshop and Delegate Assembly Prepare for the...

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NPTE Video Items Prepare for the Annual Education Meeting Take FSBPT’s Money! FSBPT Forum: Using the Board Assessment Resou...

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Our 2022 Award Recipients Update to Test Accommodations Processing for AAP States The Hill Letter to the Editor Regulatory Workshop for...

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Regulatory Workshop for Board Members & Administrators Get Ready for LIF! The Slate for the 2022 Delegate Assembly Elections Take F...

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Get Ready for LIF! The Slate for the 2022 Delegate Assembly Elections Take FSBPT’s Money! Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belon...

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The Slate for the 2022 Delegate Assembly Elections Take FSBPT’s Money! Select Your 2022 Delegates and Funded Administrator Call fo...

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Take FSBPT’s Money! Select Your 2022 Delegates and Funded Administrator Submit 2021 Excellence in Regulation Award Nomination Forms...

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Take FSBPT’s Money! Reentry to Practice Resources Treatment of Self, Family, and other Close Relations Topics at the Leadership Issues Forum Does Your...

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Connie R. Clarkston Goals for the New Year! North Carolina Expresses Interest in Grant to Improve the ELDD and Public Protection FSBPT Membership Dues...

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FSBPT Board Pledges a $2.2 Million Grant for PT Compact Members to Improve the ELDD and Public Protection 2022 Regulatory Training for Members and Boa...

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In this News Brief: FSBPT Office Opens! Regulatory Workshop: For the Love of Regulation Express Your Interest in Running for Office in 2022 First Tim...

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Untitled Document In this News Brief: 2021 Election Results Express Your Interest in Running for Office in 2022 PT Compact Elections  2021 Awa...

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In this News Brief: Karen Donahue Is the Language on Your Website a Barrier to Complainants? Prepare for the Delegate Assembly Serve on an FSBPT Comm...

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In this News Brief: Letter to the National Governors Association Statement on Misinformation Boundary Violations Task Force Provi...

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FSBPT promotes scientific data, research, and analyses in understanding health related matters. FSBPT also strongly discourages the spread of misinfor...

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Untitled Document In this News Brief: Our 2021 Award Recipients Competence in Physical Therapy: A Framework for Understa...

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In this News Brief: Final Date to Submit Motions for the 2021 Annual Meeting Ethics Remediation Resources August Virtual Board Member and...

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In this News Brief: August Virtual Board Member and Administrator Training 2021 Award Recipients Christine Larson The Slate ...

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In this News Brief: The Slate for the 2021 Delegate Assembly Elections Practice Analysis Share Your Webinar Ideas! 2021 Leadership Issues Forum and A...

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In this News Brief: The Slate for the 2021 Delegate Assembly Elections National Volunteer Week COVID-19: A Regulatory Sandbox Washington, DC, and Al...

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In this News Brief: Colorado and Maryland Authorize PTs and PTAs to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations Participate in the ELDD! 2021 Webina...

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In this News Brief: 2021 Webinar Series 2021 Leadership Issues Forum and Annual Meeting & Delegate Assembly Topics at the Leadership Issues Forum...

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In this News Brief: Call for Presentation Proposals and Ideas for FSBPT Webinars in 2021 2020 Practice Analysis Express Your Interest in Running for ...

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In this News Brief: Express Your Interest in Running for Office in 2021 CAPTE Rule Change Maintaining and Updating JAM and Law ...

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In this News Brief: 2020 Election Results Express Your Interest in Running for Office in 2021 PT Compact Elections Immunity for Occupational Licensing...

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In this News Brief: Prepare for the Delegate Assembly Content Outline Revision Process Pushed Back One Year 2020 Licensure Portabil...

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In this News Brief: Prepare for the Delegate Assembly Congressional Legislation on License Portability during a Public Health Emergency Serve on an ...

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In this News Brief: Jeffrey Vinzant 2020 Annual Meeting Webinar Series Our 2020 Award Recipients Virtual Membership Meetings ...

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In this News Brief: Virtual Membership Meetings Final Date to Submit Motions for the 2020 Annual Meeting FSBPT Membership Dues Reduced by 50 Percent ...

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In this News Brief: Board of Directors Cancel All Large Group Face-to-Face Meetings for the Remainder of 2020 FSBPT Membership Dues Reduced by 50 Pe...

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In response to the closure of many secure testing centers, some examination programs have made the transition to “remote-proctored” admini...

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The worldwide pandemic and crisis within the United States continues to challenge all of us as we work to get candidates through the NPTE scheduling...

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In this News Brief: July LIF Meeting Postponed COVID-19 Updates The Slate for the 2020 Delegate Assembly Elections PT Compact Rapid Growth May Prove...

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We know that many of you have had difficulty finding appointments in the May testing window. Prometric has been working through a number of complicate...

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Prometric announced today that they have decided to close their test centers through 5/31/2020 except for essential services programs. FSBPT is consid...

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On Friday, April 10, 2020, Prometric made the decision to keep all of their North American test sites closed through April 30, 2020, due to safety mea...

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FSBPT has cancelled all in-person meetings that were scheduled to take place in April, May, and June 2020. This includes the Regulatory Training f...

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As the situation around the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, FSBPT is committed to communicating information on testing as soon as it is availab...

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In some ways our March News Briefs is reflective of the entire world at this moment; we can’t help but start our communication with a focus on Covid-1...

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Due to an extremely high volume of inquiries, the Prometric Candidate Care line has been temporarily closed to inbound phone calls. Prometric agents a...

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Test Site Closures Prometric has closed all of their North American test sites effective March 17, 2020, for a period of thirty days. All testing will...

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FSBPT has now cancelled all in-person meetings that were scheduled to take place in March and April and is taking steps to move some of the meetings o...

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FSBPT Exam Withdrawal/Re-registration Policy At this time, FSBPT is waiving all refund and re-registration fees associated with the April PT and PT...

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FSBPT takes volunteer and employee health seriously. At this time we are not canceling any FSBPT events, however we are postponing our Item Writer Wor...

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PT Compact Commission, APTA, FSBPT, and other Allies Successfully Resolve Medicare Issue Trauma’s Impact on Boundary Violation Investigations Tr...

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Although ProCert stopped certifying new activities at the end of 2019, many activities will remain certified through 2021. Since licensees and member ...

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In this News Brief: Funded Members for the Leadership Issues Forum and the Annual Meeting Regulatory Training for Members and Board Staff Trauma&rsqu...

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December 2019 Volume 21, Number 12 Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy In this News Brief: FSBPT Forgives the PT Compact's D...

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November 2019Volume 21, Number 11 Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy In this News Brief: Follow-Ups to the Annual Meeting Express Your...

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October 2019Volume 21, Number 10 Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy In this News Brief: 2019 Election Resultsn Express Your Interest in...

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For several years, U.S. jurisdictions have sought information from the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) regarding the ability of...

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FSBPT just posted the draft Physical Therapy Licensure Compact (PTLC) at fsbpt.org/compact. We are soliciting comments with the following guidelines:...

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BACKGROUND At the FSBPT 2014 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, FSBPT shared a timeline for implementation of the new NPTE eligibility requirements. ...

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Arkansas is the most recent state to accept ProCert certification of continuing education courses and conferences. Any ProCert certified activities wi...

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The Physicians Foundation is a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and help facilitate the delivery of heal...

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FSBPT recognizes the challenges that jurisdiction boards face when pursuing changes to existing continuing education or continuing competence requirem...

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