PTA FLORIDA LAW AND RULES EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is legislative intent ? - ANSWER ✔✔ensure that every physical therapy
practitioner practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe
practice.
What is a license ? - ANSWER ✔✔means the document of authorization
granted by the board and issued by the department for a person to
engage in the practice of physical therapy.
What is a PTA? - ANSWER ✔✔a person who is licensed in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter to
perform patient-related activities, including the use of physical agents, whose
license is in good standing, and whose activities are performed under the
direction of a physical therapist as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to this
chapter
Who else can PTA perform patient related activities beside with a PT? -
ANSWER ✔✔board certified orthopedic, physiatrist and Chiropractor
What kind of supervision will be required for a PTA when working with a board
certified orthopedic, physiatrist and Chiropractor? - ANSWER ✔✔General
Supervision from a PT
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WHo is a Physical Therapy Practitioner? - ANSWER ✔✔PT and PTA
What is Direct Supervision? - ANSWER ✔✔means supervision by a physical
therapist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Except in a case of
emergency, direct supervision requires the physical presence of the licensed
physical therapist for consultation and direction of the actions of a physical
therapist or physical therapist assistant who is practicing under a temporary
permit and who is a candidate for licensure by examination.
What is a Physical Therapy Assessment? - ANSWER ✔✔means observational,
verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the musculoskeletal or
neuromuscular system relative to physical therapy, including, but not limited to,
range of motion of a joint, motor power, postural attitudes, biomechanical
function, locomotion, or functional abilities, for the purpose of making
recommendations for treatment.
Who set the criteria set forth for acupuncture electromyography to be performed
by a PT? - ANSWER ✔✔Board of Medicine
A physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment developed by the
physical therapist for a patient or provided for a patient by a_____________ -
ANSWER ✔✔by a practitioner of record or by an advanced registered nurse
practitioner licensed
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