N.M. Admin. Code § 16.20.9.9 - CREDENTIAL EVALUATION
Foreign-educated applicants must submit a credential evaluation from an educational credentialing evaluation service that uses a course work evaluation tool approved by the board.
A. The minimum educational credentials of a
foreign-educated physical therapist should be a degree in physical therapy with
all credits being earned at an institution of higher learning.
B. The board will accept final credential
reports only from the credentialing service and only if the credential
evaluation has been prepared within one year prior to the application
date.
C. The credentialing agency
must identify and list those courses which would not transfer to the U.S. as a
"C" or above or "pass" or "credit" in accordance with the most current version
of the national association for foreign student affairs handbook on the
placement of foreign graduate students. The agency must omit any of
these courses that are required physical therapy courses when evaluating the
equivalency of the credentials to a U.S. degree in physical therapy.
D. Should the foreign-educated applicant's
credential evaluation fail to demonstrate equivalency according to standards of
accredited physical therapy programs in the United States, upon a request by
the applicant for reconsideration, the board will reconsider whether the
applicant has substantially met the requirements of
16.20.9.8 NMAC.
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