PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM FLORIDA
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What is legislative purpose? Answer: To ensure that every PT
practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for
safe practice.
⩥ What is legislative intent? Answer: It is the intent that PT practitioners
who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger
to the public be prohibited from practicing in this state.
⩥ What does board mean ? Answer: Means board of PT practice
⩥ What does department mean? Answer: Department of health
⩥ What does license mean ? Answer: The document of authorization
granted by the board and issued by the department for s person to engage
in the practice of PT.
⩥ What does endorsement mean ? Answer: Licensure granted by the
board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
,⩥ What does Physical therapist mean? Answer: A person who is licensed
and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
⩥ What does PTA mean ? Answer: A person who is licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter to preform patient related
activities including use of physical agents, whose license is in good
standing and whose activities are preformed under the direction of a PT
as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
⩥ Patient related activities preformed by a PTA for a board certified
orthopedic physician or physiatrist licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or
459 or a practitioner licensed under chapter 460 shall be under what type
of supervision? Answer: General supervision of a PT, but shall not
require onsite supervision by a PT.
⩥ Patient related activities preformed for all other health care
practitioners licensed under chapter 458/459 and those patient related
activities preformed for practitioners licensed under chapter 461/466
shall be preformed under what supervision? Answer: Onsite supervision
of a PT
⩥ What does physical therapy practitioner mean? Answer: A PT or PTA
who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
, ⩥ What does physical therapy or physiotherapy mean ? Answer: Each of
these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other ,
means a health care profession.
⩥ What is direct supervision ? Answer: Means supervision by a PT who
is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Except in a case of emergency, direct
supervision requires the physical presence of the licensed PT for
consultation and direction of the actions of the PT or PTA who is
practicing under a temp license or who is a candidate for licensure by
examination.
⩥ What is a physical therapy assessment ? Answer: Means
observational, verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the
musculoskeletal or neuromuscular system relative to PT.
⩥ What does a physical therapy assessment include ? Answer: Including
but not limited to range of motion of a joint, motor power, postural
attitudes, bio mechanical function, locomotion, Or functional abilities,
for the purpose of making recommendations for treatment.
⩥ What does practice of physical therapy mean? Answer: Means the
performance of physical therapy assessments and the treatment of any
disability, injury, disease or other health condition of a human being, or
the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or other condition of
health, and rehabilitation as related thereto by the use of physical,
chemical, and other properties of air, electricity, exercise, massage, the
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What is legislative purpose? Answer: To ensure that every PT
practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for
safe practice.
⩥ What is legislative intent? Answer: It is the intent that PT practitioners
who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger
to the public be prohibited from practicing in this state.
⩥ What does board mean ? Answer: Means board of PT practice
⩥ What does department mean? Answer: Department of health
⩥ What does license mean ? Answer: The document of authorization
granted by the board and issued by the department for s person to engage
in the practice of PT.
⩥ What does endorsement mean ? Answer: Licensure granted by the
board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
,⩥ What does Physical therapist mean? Answer: A person who is licensed
and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
⩥ What does PTA mean ? Answer: A person who is licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter to preform patient related
activities including use of physical agents, whose license is in good
standing and whose activities are preformed under the direction of a PT
as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
⩥ Patient related activities preformed by a PTA for a board certified
orthopedic physician or physiatrist licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or
459 or a practitioner licensed under chapter 460 shall be under what type
of supervision? Answer: General supervision of a PT, but shall not
require onsite supervision by a PT.
⩥ Patient related activities preformed for all other health care
practitioners licensed under chapter 458/459 and those patient related
activities preformed for practitioners licensed under chapter 461/466
shall be preformed under what supervision? Answer: Onsite supervision
of a PT
⩥ What does physical therapy practitioner mean? Answer: A PT or PTA
who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
, ⩥ What does physical therapy or physiotherapy mean ? Answer: Each of
these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other ,
means a health care profession.
⩥ What is direct supervision ? Answer: Means supervision by a PT who
is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Except in a case of emergency, direct
supervision requires the physical presence of the licensed PT for
consultation and direction of the actions of the PT or PTA who is
practicing under a temp license or who is a candidate for licensure by
examination.
⩥ What is a physical therapy assessment ? Answer: Means
observational, verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the
musculoskeletal or neuromuscular system relative to PT.
⩥ What does a physical therapy assessment include ? Answer: Including
but not limited to range of motion of a joint, motor power, postural
attitudes, bio mechanical function, locomotion, Or functional abilities,
for the purpose of making recommendations for treatment.
⩥ What does practice of physical therapy mean? Answer: Means the
performance of physical therapy assessments and the treatment of any
disability, injury, disease or other health condition of a human being, or
the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or other condition of
health, and rehabilitation as related thereto by the use of physical,
chemical, and other properties of air, electricity, exercise, massage, the
