PTA Laws and Rules Updated Questions and Answers 2023
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What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ?
Part A: chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose?
To ensure that every PT practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent?
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 ?
Means board of PT practice
What does department mean?
Department of health
What does license mean ?
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 ?
Licensure granted by the board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean?
A person who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter
What does PTA mean ?
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?
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?
Onsite supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean?
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 ?
Each of these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means
a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ?
, 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 ?
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 ?
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?
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?
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?
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
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 .....
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
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....
Not physical therapy for purposes of this chapter.
The practice of physical therapy does not authorize a
Physical therapy practitioner to practice chiropractic medicine as defined in chapter 460,
including specific spinal manipulation.
Complete
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ?
Part A: chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose?
To ensure that every PT practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent?
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 ?
Means board of PT practice
What does department mean?
Department of health
What does license mean ?
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 ?
Licensure granted by the board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean?
A person who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter
What does PTA mean ?
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?
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?
Onsite supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean?
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 ?
Each of these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means
a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ?
, 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 ?
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 ?
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?
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?
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?
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
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 .....
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
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....
Not physical therapy for purposes of this chapter.
The practice of physical therapy does not authorize a
Physical therapy practitioner to practice chiropractic medicine as defined in chapter 460,
including specific spinal manipulation.
