Physical Therapy License from Florida to Kansas: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Last verified: 2026-07-21 · source: Kansas State Board of Healing Arts ↗
A physical therapy license transfers from Florida to Kansas by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, verify your Florida license, and meet Kansas's endorsement requirements. NPTE is not retaken; the passing score transfers via the FSBPT Score Transfer Service. Kansas does NOT require a jurisprudence exam for initial licensure by endorsement — the Kansas Jurisprudence Assessment Module (JAM) applies only to biennial renewal in odd-numbered years and to PT Compact privileges (per FSBPT)..
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Licensure by endorsement
This direction has a payoff. Florida is outside the active compact, so you have had no privileges to work with — but Kansas is an active member. Endorse into Kansas with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, establish it as your home state and primary residence, and Kansas becomes your springboard: from there you can buy compact privileges into every other active member state without another full license. Your NPTE score transfers through the FSBPT; you do not re-sit the exam.
What changes, Florida → Kansas
| Florida (current) | Kansas (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| PT Compact status | Licensure by endorsement | PT Compact member — multistate license honored |
| Application fee | $180 ($180 total to the Board = $100 endorsement application fee + $75 initial license fee + $5 unlicensed-activity fee (FAC 64B17-2.001). A separate $90 FSBPT score-transfer fee and the electronic-fingerprint fee are additional. Florida is not a PT Compact state, so there is no compact privilege alternative.) | $80 ('application based on certificate of prior examination' (endorsement) fee per K.A.R. 100-29-7; + ~$57 KBI fingerprint-based background-check fee (in notes, not the range). The $65 'compact privilege' fee in the same rule is the PT Compact privilege fee, NOT the endorsement fee.) |
| Processing time | 2–3 weeks (The Board conducts initial review within 10 business days of receipt and issues the license within about 7 days once all requirements are met; this excludes time for NPTE score transfer, license verifications, and fingerprint results.) | the Board publishes no processing timeframe for endorsement applications |
| Licensing authority | Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice (Department of Health) | Kansas State Board of Healing Arts |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Kansas sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Kansas's current requirements on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Graduate of a CAPTE-accredited physical therapy program.
- Hold a valid, unencumbered license from another state (application based on certificate of prior licensure/examination).
- Pass the NPTE; score transferred to the Board via the FSBPT Score Transfer Service.
- Fingerprint-based criminal background check through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the FBI.
- Pay the fees ($80 ('application based on certificate of prior examination' (endorsement) fee per K.A.R. 100-29-7; + ~$57 KBI fingerprint-based background-check fee (in notes, not the range). The $65 'compact privilege' fee in the same rule is the PT Compact privilege fee, NOT the endorsement fee.)) and allow the Board publishes no processing timeframe for endorsement applications.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Kansas accept a Florida physical therapy license?
A physical therapy license transfers from Florida to Kansas by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, verify your Florida license, and meet Kansas's endorsement requirements. NPTE is not retaken; the passing score transfers via the FSBPT Score Transfer Service. Kansas does NOT require a jurisprudence exam for initial licensure by endorsement — the Kansas Jurisprudence Assessment Module (JAM) applies only to biennial renewal in odd-numbered years and to PT Compact privileges (per FSBPT)..
Do I retake the NPTE moving from Florida to Kansas?
No — the NPTE is taken once and your score transfers through the FSBPT. NPTE is not retaken; the passing score transfers via the FSBPT Score Transfer Service. Kansas does NOT require a jurisprudence exam for initial licensure by endorsement — the Kansas Jurisprudence Assessment Module (JAM) applies only to biennial renewal in odd-numbered years and to PT Compact privileges (per FSBPT)..
What does the move cost?
$80 ('application based on certificate of prior examination' (endorsement) fee per K.A.R. 100-29-7; + ~$57 KBI fingerprint-based background-check fee (in notes, not the range). The $65 'compact privilege' fee in the same rule is the PT Compact privilege fee, NOT the endorsement fee.) ('application based on certificate of prior examination' (endorsement) fee per K.A.R. 100-29-7; + ~$57 KBI fingerprint-based background-check fee (in notes, not the range). The $65 'compact privilege' fee in the same rule is the PT Compact privilege fee, NOT the endorsement fee.).
How long will it take?
the Board publishes no processing timeframe for endorsement applications — the Board publishes no processing timeframe for endorsement applications.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- K.A.R. 100-29-7 — Kansas physical therapist fees (Cornell LII) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- FSBPT — Jurisprudence Assessment Module (JAM), Kansas ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Florida Board of Physical Therapy — Physical Therapist (MOBILE endorsement) licensing ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Florida Board of Physical Therapy — Florida PT/PTA Laws and Rules Exam ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Fla. Stat. Ch. 486 (486.031, 486.081) — Physical Therapy Practice Act ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- PT Compact — member state map ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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