The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) recently announced that the new redesigned NPTE-i (formerly NPTE-YRLY) for Physical Therapists will be offered twice in 2011 for PT candidates –  May and December 2011.  Registration opens on November 1, 2010 with FSBPT.   For a detailed schedule visit the FSBPT website.

The exam will be given in all 50 states, along with the District of Columbia,  Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The NPTE-i is expected to be quite similar to the regular NPTE, and the  registration fee will remain the same as the NPTE registration fee, which is currently at $370.00.

It was also announced earlier in the month that the PTA NPTE testing restrictions will be removed for graduates of Egypt, India, Pakistan and the Philippines effective November 1, 2010.

In revisiting its previous decision, the FSBPT Board of Directors concluded that there is not a sufficiently high level of forensic irregularity to justify any further temporary suspension of graduates from Egypt, India, Pakistan and the Philippines from sitting for the PTA NPTE.