N.Y. Education Law Section 6734
Requirements for a professional license

To qualify for a license as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

a.

Application: file an application with the department;

b.

Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree in physical therapy or determined to be equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

c.

Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

d.

Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

e.

Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

f.

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

g.

Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.

Source: Section 6734 — Requirements for a professional license, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6734 (updated Nov. 1, 2024; accessed Dec. 27, 2025).

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