PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM Florida EXAM LATEST
(2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verified
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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,
(2025) COMPLETE QUESTIONS With 100% Verified
Solutions, ||GRADED A+
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,
