PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM FLORIDA
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
performance of acupuncture only upon compliance with the criteria set
forth by the board of medicine.
⩥ The practice of physical therapy also includes what when no
penetration of the skin occurs? Answer: The use of radiant energy,
including ultraviolet, visible and infrared rays, ultrasound, water, the use
of apparatus and equipment in the application of the forgoing or related
thereto. The performance of tests of neuromuscular functions as an aid to
the diagnosis and treatment of any human condition, or the performance
of electromyography as an aid to the diagnosis of any human condition
only upon compliance with the criteria set forth by the board of
medicine.
⩥ A physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment developed by
the physical therapist for a patient or provided for the patient by a?
Answer: Practitioner of record or by an advanced registered nurse
practitioner that's licensed
⩥ The physical therapist shall refer the patient to or consult with a
practitioner of record if Answer: the patients condition is found to be
outside the scope of physical therapy
, ⩥ If the physical therapy treatment for a patient is required beyond 30
days for a condition not previously assessed by a practitioner of record
then the ..... Answer: Physical therapist shall have a practitioner of
record review and sign the plan of care
⩥ The requirement that a PT have a practitioner of record review and
sign a plan of treatment does not apply when Answer: A patient has been
physically examined by a physician licensed in another state, the pt has
been diagnosed by the physician as having a condition for which PT is
required, and the PT is treating the condition.
⩥ The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes and the use of electricity for surgical purposes, including
cauterization are.... Answer: Not physical therapy for purposes of this
chapter.
⩥ The practice of physical therapy does not authorize a Answer:
Physical therapy practitioner to practice chiropractic medicine as defined
in chapter 460, including specific spinal manipulation.
⩥ For the performance of specific chiropractic spinal manipulation a PT
shall refer the patient to a Answer: Health care practitioner licensed
under chapter 460.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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
performance of acupuncture only upon compliance with the criteria set
forth by the board of medicine.
⩥ The practice of physical therapy also includes what when no
penetration of the skin occurs? Answer: The use of radiant energy,
including ultraviolet, visible and infrared rays, ultrasound, water, the use
of apparatus and equipment in the application of the forgoing or related
thereto. The performance of tests of neuromuscular functions as an aid to
the diagnosis and treatment of any human condition, or the performance
of electromyography as an aid to the diagnosis of any human condition
only upon compliance with the criteria set forth by the board of
medicine.
⩥ A physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment developed by
the physical therapist for a patient or provided for the patient by a?
Answer: Practitioner of record or by an advanced registered nurse
practitioner that's licensed
⩥ The physical therapist shall refer the patient to or consult with a
practitioner of record if Answer: the patients condition is found to be
outside the scope of physical therapy
, ⩥ If the physical therapy treatment for a patient is required beyond 30
days for a condition not previously assessed by a practitioner of record
then the ..... Answer: Physical therapist shall have a practitioner of
record review and sign the plan of care
⩥ The requirement that a PT have a practitioner of record review and
sign a plan of treatment does not apply when Answer: A patient has been
physically examined by a physician licensed in another state, the pt has
been diagnosed by the physician as having a condition for which PT is
required, and the PT is treating the condition.
⩥ The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes and the use of electricity for surgical purposes, including
cauterization are.... Answer: Not physical therapy for purposes of this
chapter.
⩥ The practice of physical therapy does not authorize a Answer:
Physical therapy practitioner to practice chiropractic medicine as defined
in chapter 460, including specific spinal manipulation.
⩥ For the performance of specific chiropractic spinal manipulation a PT
shall refer the patient to a Answer: Health care practitioner licensed
under chapter 460.
