Flying to states?......

Hello readers, I hope you read the first part of this article last month, We saw the basic procedures to fly to states ( forgot it ,No poblem!click here)This month we will know about the credential evaluating Agencies .

Who are they?

As we saw last month the regulatory bodies of licensure procedures are the State Boards of Physical therapy in individual states.Earlier these boards evaluated the transcripts of foreign trained therapists and issued temporary licensure. With the drastic increase in the number of applications for licensure, this job was entrusted to private agencies who do the job for the state boards.

There are a number of credential evaluating Agencies, So when you want to evaluate your credentials you should be well aware of the Agency you Choose.This is important because the State Boards do not accept all the Agencies.So we need to know which state recognises which Agency.

The following are some of the Accepted Credential evaluating Agencies (The initials below each agency suggest the states in which they are accepted)

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
PO Box 17499
Milwaukee, WI 53217

James S. Fey Executive Director
414/289-3400
414/289-3411 Fax

AR, DE, FL, IN, LA, NH

*International Credentialing Associates
One Progress Plaza
Suite 810
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

813/821-8852
813/821-2347 Fax

AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

*International Consultants of Delaware, Inc.
109 Barksdale Professional Center
Newark, DE 19711

Dale E. Gough
302/737-8715
302/737-8756 Fax

AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, DE, DC, FL, HI, ID, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI(US), WI, WY

*International Education Research Foundation
PO Box 66940
Los Angeles, CA 90066

Inez H. Sepmeyer, President
310/390-6276
310/397-7686 Fax

AL, AK, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, VI(US), WI, WY

Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
International Education Consultants
PO Box 248233
Coral Gables, FL 33124

Josef Silny, President
305/666-0233
305/666-4133 Fax

CA, FL, GA, NH, PA, TN

World Education Services, Inc.
PO Box 745
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10011

Mariam Assefa, Executive Director
212/966-6311
212/966-6395 Fax

* Agenices used by APTA Membership Department
CO - No Review Required
IL - Contact State Licensing Board
ME - Contact State Licensing Board
MS - Contact State Licensing Board
NY - Contact State Licensing Board
OK - Contact State Licensing Board
PR - Contact State Licenisng Board
TX - Additional Credentialing can be done at University of Texas - Austin

Check in next month to know more on the topic........

-S.Jayasrikanth.B.P.T (M.P.T)

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