CA PT LAW Exam Questions
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2025 GRADED A+
Compensation ✔✔provided per diem and compensations per section 103
($100/day of duties and travel and expenses incurred while performing official duties)
Board Employees ✔✔-Clerical assistants and other employees it may deem necessary to carry
out its powers and duties. Except sections 159.5 (Health Quality Investigation Unit)
-PT consultants to assist with programs and on an intermittent basis
Inspections ✔✔Any member of the board or any licensed PT appointed by the board may inspect
or require reports from a general or specialized hospital or other facility providing PT care,
treatment, services and the staff. May inspect patient records with respect to care, treatment,
services, or facilities.
Suspension and Revocation of Licenses ✔✔The board shall issue, suspend, and revoke licenses
and approvals to practice PT.
Meetings ✔✔At least 1 regular meeting annually in Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco. Special meeting may be held at any time and place the board may designate.
,Meeting Notice ✔✔Must publicly notice their meetings, prepare agendas, accept public
testimony and conduct their meetings in public unless specifically authorized to meet in closed
session.
Commissioner on Examination ✔✔Board may appoint. Does not need to be a member of the
board, but subject to the same rules and regulations and entitled to the same fees as members.
Hearings ✔✔-Shall hear all matters including any contested case or petition for reinstatement,
restoration, or modification of probation.
-If a contested case is presented to the board the hearing officer will be present during the board's
consideration and shall assist in advising the board if requested.
- At the conclusion the board will deny and application for, or suspend, or revoke, or impose
probation conditions upon, a license or approval.
Physical Therapy definition ✔✔- The art and science of physical or corrective rehabilitation or
of physical or corrective treatment of any bodily or mental condition any person by the use of
physical, chemical, and other properties of heat, light, water, electricity, sound, massage and
active , passive, and resistive exercise, and consultative service.
The practice of PT includes... ✔✔The promotion and maintenance of physical fitness to enhance
the bodily movement related health and wellness of individuals through the use of physical
therapy interventions.
, Not authorized under the term "Physical Therapy"... ✔✔The use of roentgen rays and radioactive
materials, for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and the use of electricity for surgical
purposes, including cauterization. A license issued by this chapter does not authorize the
diagnosis of disease.
Topical Medications ✔✔- A PT may apply topical medications if he/she complies with
regulations adopted by the board. Nothing in this sections authorizes PTs to prescribe
medications.
Certification to Penetrate Tissues for the Purposes of Neuromuscular Evaluation ✔✔a PT may,
upon specified authorization from a surgeon perform tissue penetration for the purpose of
evaluating neuromuscular performance. Provided the PT is certified by the board to perform
tissue penetration and the PT does not develop or make diagnostic or prognostic interpretation of
the data obtained.
Patient Records ✔✔- PT shall document his evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of
treatment in patient record.
- Shall document care actually provided
- Shall sign the patient record legibly
- Shall maintain records for a period no less than 7 years following discharge. If the patient is
under 18 the records will be maintained for one year following the 18th birthday, in any case no
less than 7 years.
and Answers Latest Versions
2025 GRADED A+
Compensation ✔✔provided per diem and compensations per section 103
($100/day of duties and travel and expenses incurred while performing official duties)
Board Employees ✔✔-Clerical assistants and other employees it may deem necessary to carry
out its powers and duties. Except sections 159.5 (Health Quality Investigation Unit)
-PT consultants to assist with programs and on an intermittent basis
Inspections ✔✔Any member of the board or any licensed PT appointed by the board may inspect
or require reports from a general or specialized hospital or other facility providing PT care,
treatment, services and the staff. May inspect patient records with respect to care, treatment,
services, or facilities.
Suspension and Revocation of Licenses ✔✔The board shall issue, suspend, and revoke licenses
and approvals to practice PT.
Meetings ✔✔At least 1 regular meeting annually in Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco. Special meeting may be held at any time and place the board may designate.
,Meeting Notice ✔✔Must publicly notice their meetings, prepare agendas, accept public
testimony and conduct their meetings in public unless specifically authorized to meet in closed
session.
Commissioner on Examination ✔✔Board may appoint. Does not need to be a member of the
board, but subject to the same rules and regulations and entitled to the same fees as members.
Hearings ✔✔-Shall hear all matters including any contested case or petition for reinstatement,
restoration, or modification of probation.
-If a contested case is presented to the board the hearing officer will be present during the board's
consideration and shall assist in advising the board if requested.
- At the conclusion the board will deny and application for, or suspend, or revoke, or impose
probation conditions upon, a license or approval.
Physical Therapy definition ✔✔- The art and science of physical or corrective rehabilitation or
of physical or corrective treatment of any bodily or mental condition any person by the use of
physical, chemical, and other properties of heat, light, water, electricity, sound, massage and
active , passive, and resistive exercise, and consultative service.
The practice of PT includes... ✔✔The promotion and maintenance of physical fitness to enhance
the bodily movement related health and wellness of individuals through the use of physical
therapy interventions.
, Not authorized under the term "Physical Therapy"... ✔✔The use of roentgen rays and radioactive
materials, for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and the use of electricity for surgical
purposes, including cauterization. A license issued by this chapter does not authorize the
diagnosis of disease.
Topical Medications ✔✔- A PT may apply topical medications if he/she complies with
regulations adopted by the board. Nothing in this sections authorizes PTs to prescribe
medications.
Certification to Penetrate Tissues for the Purposes of Neuromuscular Evaluation ✔✔a PT may,
upon specified authorization from a surgeon perform tissue penetration for the purpose of
evaluating neuromuscular performance. Provided the PT is certified by the board to perform
tissue penetration and the PT does not develop or make diagnostic or prognostic interpretation of
the data obtained.
Patient Records ✔✔- PT shall document his evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of
treatment in patient record.
- Shall document care actually provided
- Shall sign the patient record legibly
- Shall maintain records for a period no less than 7 years following discharge. If the patient is
under 18 the records will be maintained for one year following the 18th birthday, in any case no
less than 7 years.
