PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM|
Florida Exam|149 Questions and
Answers| 100% Correct
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
Florida Exam|149 Questions and
Answers| 100% Correct
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
