Physical Therapist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
A physical therapist is an individual who has been graduated from a school of physical therapy and holds a license to practice physical therapy granted by the affiliated credentialing board. Physical therapy means examining, evaluating, or testing individuals with mechanical, physiological, or developmental impairments, functional limitations related to physical movement and mobility, disabilities, or other movement related health conditions, in order to determine a diagnosis, prognosis, or plan of therapeutic intervention or to assess the ongoing effects of intervention. It also includes alleviating impairments or functional limitations by instructing patients or designing, implementing, or modifying therapeutic interventions, reducing the risk of injury, impairment, funtional limitation, or disability, including by promoting or maintaining fitness. health, or quality of life in all age populations.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- WI Department of Safety and Professional Services
- Division
- Division of Professional Credential Processing
- Address
- 1400 E. Washington Ave. P.O. Box 8935 Madison, WI 53708
- Phone
- (608) 266-2112
- Agency website
- https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Default.aspx
- Last updated
- December 2, 2020
Occupations (O*NET)
- Physical Therapist 29-1123.00
Source and verification
This record is Wisconsin's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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