NPTE registration: from FSBPT account to Prometric seat

How does NPTE registration work?

1. Find out what your jurisdiction requires. FSBPT notes that some states want a jurisprudence exam, a test on the state’s physical therapy laws, before the NPTE.
2. Get your FSBPT account ready. If you’re graduating from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), your school creates your profile and you complete it. Otherwise, request a profile through the survey on FSBPT’s Customer Login page and allow three business days.
3. Apply for a license with your state board, on its own form and with its own fees.
4. Register and pay for the NPTE in your FSBPT dashboard, using the NPTE button in the green Services area. FSBPT takes Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
5. Get approved. Your board, or FSBPT in a state that uses its Alternate Approval Pathway, makes you eligible, and FSBPT then emails your ATT letter.
6. Book your Prometric appointment through the Scheduling links on your dashboard as soon as the letter arrives.

FSBPT’s Journey Map, at pt.fsbpt.net, builds this list for your own school and state and shows who is responsible for each step.

Who can register for the NPTE

• You’re at least 18.
• You have a degree for the exam level from a CAPTE-accredited program, or an education a recognized credentialing agency has found substantially equivalent.
• You don’t already have an open registration at the same exam level.
• You have no open security investigation, and you’ve completed any FSBPT sanctions.
• You’re within FSBPT’s attempt limits, and the board where you want a license approves you.

Students at CAPTE-accredited programs can register once the school validates that they’re on track to graduate, and can test up to 90 days before graduation, though some jurisdictions are stricter. Graduates of other programs can register at any time, but every jurisdiction has to approve them, so FSBPT asks them to contact the board first.

Changing your date, withdrawing or missing the exam

• To cancel, do both steps: cancel your Prometric appointment, then withdraw from the exam in your FSBPT dashboard. Cancelling with Prometric alone doesn’t cancel your registration.
• You can only move your Prometric appointment within the window on your ATT letter.
• You can withdraw until the window ends, and choose a refund or put the fee toward a later sitting. After the window closes you lose the whole fee.
• If you don’t show up, or are turned away for ID problems, you’re a no-show. A no-show doesn’t count against your attempt limits, and you can still withdraw before the window ends.
• FSBPT makes no exceptions for illness. If you’re sick on exam day, withdraw to get part of your fee back.