AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM (ACTUAL 2024-
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
Assistive personnel - ,Answers>>>includes physical therapist
assistants and physical therapy aides and other assistive
personnel who are trained or educated health care providers
and who are not physical therapist assistants or physical
therapy aides but who perform specific designated tasks
related to physical therapy under the supervision of a physical
therapist. At the discretion of the supervising physical
therapist, and if properly credentialed and not prohibited by
any other law, other assistive personnel may be identified by
the title specific to their training or education. This paragraph
does not apply to personnel assisting other health care
professionals licensed pursuant to this title in the performance
of delegable treatment responsibilities within their scope of
practice.
business entity - ,Answers>>>means a business organization
that has an ownership that includes any persons who are not
licensed or certified to provide physical therapy services in
this state, that offers to the public professional services
regulated by the Board and that is established pursuant to the
laws of any state or foreign country.
dry needling - ,Answers>>>means a skilled intervention
performed by a physical therapist that uses a thin filiform
needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying neural,
muscular and connective tissues for the evaluation and
management of neuromusculoskeletal conditions, pain and
movement impairments.
, AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM (ACTUAL 2024-
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
general supervision - ,Answers>>>means that the supervising
physical therapist is on call and is readily available via
telecommunications when the physical therapist assistant is
providing treatment interventions."
interim permit - ,Answers>>>means a permit issued by the
board that allows a person to practice as a physical therapist in
this state or to work as a physical therapist assistant for a
specific period of time and under conditions prescribed by the
board before that person is issued a license or certificate.
manual therapy techniques - ,Answers>>>means a broad
group of passive interventions in which physical therapists use
their hands to administer skilled movements designed to
modulate pain, increase joint range of motion, reduce or
eliminate soft tissue swelling, inflammation, or restriction,
induce relaxation, improve contractile and noncontractile
tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These
interventions involve a variety of techniques, such as the
application of graded forces.
on-site supervision - ,Answers>>>eans that the supervising
physical therapist is on site and is present in the facility or on
the campus where assistive personnel or a holder of an interim
permit is performing services, is immediately available to
assist the person being supervised in the services being
performed and maintains continued involvement in
, AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM (ACTUAL 2024-
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a
component of treatment is delegated.
practice of physical therapy - ,Answers>>>(a) Examining,
evaluating and testing persons who have mechanical,
physiological and developmental impairments, functional
limitations and disabilities or other health and movement
related conditions in order to determine a diagnosis, a
prognosis and a plan of therapeutic intervention and to assess
the ongoing effects of intervention.
(b) Alleviating impairments and functional limitations by
managing, designing, implementing and modifying
therapeutic interventions including:
(i) Therapeutic exercise.
(ii) Functional training in self-care and in home, community
or work reintegration.
(iii) Manual therapy techniques.
(iv) Therapeutic massage.
(v) Assistive and adaptive orthotic, prosthetic, protective and
supportive devices and equipment. (vi) Pulmonary hygiene.
(vii) Debridement and wound care.
(viii) Physical agents or modalities.
(ix) Mechanical and electrotherapeutic modalities.
(x) Patient related instruction.
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
Assistive personnel - ,Answers>>>includes physical therapist
assistants and physical therapy aides and other assistive
personnel who are trained or educated health care providers
and who are not physical therapist assistants or physical
therapy aides but who perform specific designated tasks
related to physical therapy under the supervision of a physical
therapist. At the discretion of the supervising physical
therapist, and if properly credentialed and not prohibited by
any other law, other assistive personnel may be identified by
the title specific to their training or education. This paragraph
does not apply to personnel assisting other health care
professionals licensed pursuant to this title in the performance
of delegable treatment responsibilities within their scope of
practice.
business entity - ,Answers>>>means a business organization
that has an ownership that includes any persons who are not
licensed or certified to provide physical therapy services in
this state, that offers to the public professional services
regulated by the Board and that is established pursuant to the
laws of any state or foreign country.
dry needling - ,Answers>>>means a skilled intervention
performed by a physical therapist that uses a thin filiform
needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying neural,
muscular and connective tissues for the evaluation and
management of neuromusculoskeletal conditions, pain and
movement impairments.
, AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM (ACTUAL 2024-
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
general supervision - ,Answers>>>means that the supervising
physical therapist is on call and is readily available via
telecommunications when the physical therapist assistant is
providing treatment interventions."
interim permit - ,Answers>>>means a permit issued by the
board that allows a person to practice as a physical therapist in
this state or to work as a physical therapist assistant for a
specific period of time and under conditions prescribed by the
board before that person is issued a license or certificate.
manual therapy techniques - ,Answers>>>means a broad
group of passive interventions in which physical therapists use
their hands to administer skilled movements designed to
modulate pain, increase joint range of motion, reduce or
eliminate soft tissue swelling, inflammation, or restriction,
induce relaxation, improve contractile and noncontractile
tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These
interventions involve a variety of techniques, such as the
application of graded forces.
on-site supervision - ,Answers>>>eans that the supervising
physical therapist is on site and is present in the facility or on
the campus where assistive personnel or a holder of an interim
permit is performing services, is immediately available to
assist the person being supervised in the services being
performed and maintains continued involvement in
, AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM (ACTUAL 2024-
2025)QUESTIONS WITHANSWERS
appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a
component of treatment is delegated.
practice of physical therapy - ,Answers>>>(a) Examining,
evaluating and testing persons who have mechanical,
physiological and developmental impairments, functional
limitations and disabilities or other health and movement
related conditions in order to determine a diagnosis, a
prognosis and a plan of therapeutic intervention and to assess
the ongoing effects of intervention.
(b) Alleviating impairments and functional limitations by
managing, designing, implementing and modifying
therapeutic interventions including:
(i) Therapeutic exercise.
(ii) Functional training in self-care and in home, community
or work reintegration.
(iii) Manual therapy techniques.
(iv) Therapeutic massage.
(v) Assistive and adaptive orthotic, prosthetic, protective and
supportive devices and equipment. (vi) Pulmonary hygiene.
(vii) Debridement and wound care.
(viii) Physical agents or modalities.
(ix) Mechanical and electrotherapeutic modalities.
(x) Patient related instruction.
