Total number of Board Members
8
Number of Board Members who are PT's
6
Number of Board Members who are PTA's
1
Number of Board
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1
Number of years experience required to be a PT or PTA on the board
3
Number of supervised hours required for reinstatement after 2 - 5 year lapse in practice/license renewal
480
Number of supervised hours required for reinstatement after a lapse in practice/license renewal of >5 years
1000
Time allotted to complete supervision hours for a 2 - 5 year lapse
3 mos
Time allotted to complete supervision hours for a > 5 year lapse
6 mos, 1 year if board approved
When are Licensees required to renew their license
Biennially, Dec 31 of every odd year
Number of continuing competence hours required per licensure period
30
When are late fees incurred on a current license
After Dec 31 of renewal year
When is a license considered to be lapsed
Feb 28 of the year following the unpaid renewal
Documentation required if license has lapsed within 2 years
Proof of Active practice within past 2 years and completion of continuing competency requirements
Requirements if license has lapsed and the individual has practiced within the past 5 years
Proof of Active practice within past 5 years completion of continuing competency requirements 480 hours of continuous supervised practice and pass jurisprudence exam
Requirements if license has lapsed and the individual has practiced within the past 5 years without documentation
1000 hours of continuous supervised practice pass jurisprudence exam pass licensing exam
Maximum number of hours for Class II activities
10 hours
Maximum number of hours per calendar day
10
Unacceptable continuing competency requirements
CPR, Orientation and In Service, Policy Meetings, Non-educational chapter or organizational meetings, Entertainment or recreational meetings, committee meetings, visiting exhibits
Number of years that documentation of continuing competency requirements must be kept
3 years
Supervision requirements of a PTA by PT
PT must be present in same setting for 50% of any work week and readily available at all other times
In-home health care the PT and PTA must meet a minimum of ...
1 x per week
In-home health care a PT must make an on-site visit no less than ...
every 6th visit
PT Aide Supervision requirement
direct supervision, on premise at all times
Maximum number of aides per licensee
2
Primary responsibility for patient physical therapy care always rests with the
PT
PTA may only act within PT provided ...
Plan of Care
Who can administer dry needling
Only by a PT licensed to perform dry needling
Preventative Services
may be provided by the PT and PTA
Adequate supervision includes ...
Evaluation, plan of care, periodic reevaluations, discharge, appropriate interactions with PTA
Purpose of title 43, chapter 33
Safeguard the public health, safety and welfare
When a patient returns to therapy within 60 days of discharge, PT is required to ...
Notify the original referral source within 5 business days
A PT is required to refer the patient appropriately if the patient has not made substantial progress after ...
90 days of initiating physical therapy services
Waiver of deductibles or copayments are only acceptable when services are provided by ...
A non-profit community health center which primarily serves indigent patients
Typically refers to actions
Morals
Typically refers to reasoning behind actions
Ethics
A name tag with appropriate title must be worn by the PT, PTA, and Aide ...
when that person is providing direct patient care
Utilitarianism
Right or wrong is determined by the consequences
Social Contract Theory
moral code is created by the people who form societies for the purpose of protection and gaining the benefits of social cooperation
Duty Theory
Based on a moral standard not consequences.
Deontological
Ethical Intutitionism
Right or wrong is determined by the common intuition of the individual
Ethical Egoism
A person should do whatever promotes their own best interests
Natural Law theory
Discoverable moral laws of nature, stemming from our own capacity for reason
Autonomy
duty to maximize the individual's right to make his or her own decisions
Beneficence
duty to do good
Confidentiality
duty to respect right to privacy
Finality
duty to take action that overrides law, religion, [Show Less]