PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam Florida
UPDATED Study Guide ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? - CORRECT ANSWER Part A:
chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER To ensure that every PT
practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Means board of PT practice
What does department mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Department of health
What does license mean ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Licensure granted by the
board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? - CORRECT ANSWER A person who is licensed
and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
,What does PTA mean ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER Onsite supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Each of
these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means a health care
profession.
What is direct supervision ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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 ..... - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT 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.
UPDATED Study Guide ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? - CORRECT ANSWER Part A:
chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER To ensure that every PT
practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Means board of PT practice
What does department mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Department of health
What does license mean ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Licensure granted by the
board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? - CORRECT ANSWER A person who is licensed
and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
,What does PTA mean ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER Onsite supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT ANSWER Each of
these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means a health care
profession.
What is direct supervision ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT 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 ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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 -
CORRECT 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 ..... - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT 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.
