Document Citation: 22 Pa. Code § 49.12
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PENNSYLVANIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Codes
TITLE 22. EDUCATION
PART I. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBPART C. HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAPTER 49. CERTIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROV

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 49.12. Eligibility

In accordance with sections 1109, 1202 and 1209 of the act (24 P. S. §§ 11-1109, 12-1202 and 12-1209), every professional employe certified or permitted to serve in the schools of this Commonwealth shall:

(1) Be of good moral character.

(2) Provide a physician's certificate stating that the applicant, with or without reasonable accommodation, is able to perform successfully the essential functions and duties of an educator. A qualified applicant who has tuberculosis or another communicable disease or a mental disability, will not be deemed to pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others unless a threat to health or safety cannot be eliminated by a reasonable accommodation.

(3) Be at least 18 years of age.

(4) Except in the case of the Resource Specialist Permit, Vocational Instructional Intern Certificate, and Vocational Instructional Certificate, have earned minimally a baccalaureate degree as a general education requirement.