ARIZONA JURISPRUDENCE EVALUATION EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What must a PTA (who provides selected treatment interventions) under General
Supervision document in the patient record? - ✔✔•Name and license number of the
supervising PT
•Weather the PTA consulted the supervising PT during the course of the selected
treatment intervention and if so the subject of the consultation and any decisions made
•This is along with all the other stuff (e.g. date, patient name, etc.)
✔✔Is a co-sign needed for an entry made into the medical record made by someone
besides the PTA and PT? - ✔✔Yes. Any entry made in the patient's medical record by
someone other than the PT or PTA needs to be co-signed by the supervising PT
✔✔Each entry into the medical record must meet the minimum requirement of a...b...c...
- ✔✔a)legible
b)accurately dated
signed with name and legal designation
✔✔What to do about erroneous information in the medical record - ✔✔The error is
corrected in a manner that allows the erroneous error to be legible. Corrected
information is dated and initialed
✔✔Initial evaluation must document... - ✔✔1. Patient's reason for seeking PT services
2. relevant medical diagnoses or conditions
3. The patient's signs and symptoms
4. Objective data from tests and measures
5. PT's interpretations of the results of the exam
6. Clinical rationale for therapeutic interpretations
7. POC that includes proposed therapeutic interventions, measurable goals, frequency
and duration of therapeutic interventions
8. Patient's prognosis
✔✔Therapeutic intervention notes must include... - ✔✔1. Patient's subjective report of
current status or response to therapeutic interventions
2. Therapeutic interventions provided or appropriately supervised
3. Objective data from tests and measures if completed
4. Instructions provided to the patient
5. Any changes to POC
✔✔When is a PT required to perform a Re-evaluation ? - ✔✔1. When a patient fails to
progress as expected
2. progresses sufficiently to warrant a change in the plan of care
3. every 4th visit/30 days
, ✔✔What must be documented in a Re-Eval - ✔✔1. Patient's subjective report of current
status or response to therapeutic interventions
2. Assessment of the patient's progress
3. The patient's current functional status
4. Objective data from tests and measures, if collected
5. Rationale for continuing therapeutic interventions
6. Any changes in the POC
✔✔What qualifies as a Discharge summery, if completed in acute-care hospital? -
✔✔Final Therapeutic intervention note on the last date that a therapeutic intervention is
provided constitutes documentation of the conclusion of care if the entry is made by a
physical therapist
✔✔If care is NOT provided in an acute-care hospital or if a physical therapist does not
provide the therapeutic intervention of the last date it is provided, A PT must document
the following... - ✔✔1. The Date of termination of treatment
2. Reason that therapeutic intervention terminated
3. Inclusive dates for the episode of care being terminated
4. Total number of days on which therapeutic intervention was provided during the
episode of care
5. Patient's current functional status
6. Patient's progress toward achieving the goals in the POC
7. Recommended d/c plan
✔✔What must be done if a referring practitioner is deriving direct OR indirect
compensation from the referral? - ✔✔Before conducting an evaluation or initiating
physical therapy, the licensee shall ensure that the disclosure is in writing and states "I
am required by law to inform you in writing that your referring physician [or specify if
different from a physician] derives either direct or indirect compensation related to your
physical therapy."
✔✔Mandatory Reporting Requirements (applying to Applicants, Licensees or certificate
holders) - ✔✔Charge (not just conviction) with a misdemeanor involving conduct that
may affect patient safety or a felony shall provide written notice of the charge to the
Board within 10 working days after the charge is filed
****An applicant/Licensee/Certificate holder may request a list of reportable
misdemeanors from the Board
✔✔Continuing Competence Requirements for Renewal - ✔✔A licensed PT shall earn
20 contact hours of continuing competence activities for each compliance period to be
eligible for renewal of license
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What must a PTA (who provides selected treatment interventions) under General
Supervision document in the patient record? - ✔✔•Name and license number of the
supervising PT
•Weather the PTA consulted the supervising PT during the course of the selected
treatment intervention and if so the subject of the consultation and any decisions made
•This is along with all the other stuff (e.g. date, patient name, etc.)
✔✔Is a co-sign needed for an entry made into the medical record made by someone
besides the PTA and PT? - ✔✔Yes. Any entry made in the patient's medical record by
someone other than the PT or PTA needs to be co-signed by the supervising PT
✔✔Each entry into the medical record must meet the minimum requirement of a...b...c...
- ✔✔a)legible
b)accurately dated
signed with name and legal designation
✔✔What to do about erroneous information in the medical record - ✔✔The error is
corrected in a manner that allows the erroneous error to be legible. Corrected
information is dated and initialed
✔✔Initial evaluation must document... - ✔✔1. Patient's reason for seeking PT services
2. relevant medical diagnoses or conditions
3. The patient's signs and symptoms
4. Objective data from tests and measures
5. PT's interpretations of the results of the exam
6. Clinical rationale for therapeutic interpretations
7. POC that includes proposed therapeutic interventions, measurable goals, frequency
and duration of therapeutic interventions
8. Patient's prognosis
✔✔Therapeutic intervention notes must include... - ✔✔1. Patient's subjective report of
current status or response to therapeutic interventions
2. Therapeutic interventions provided or appropriately supervised
3. Objective data from tests and measures if completed
4. Instructions provided to the patient
5. Any changes to POC
✔✔When is a PT required to perform a Re-evaluation ? - ✔✔1. When a patient fails to
progress as expected
2. progresses sufficiently to warrant a change in the plan of care
3. every 4th visit/30 days
, ✔✔What must be documented in a Re-Eval - ✔✔1. Patient's subjective report of current
status or response to therapeutic interventions
2. Assessment of the patient's progress
3. The patient's current functional status
4. Objective data from tests and measures, if collected
5. Rationale for continuing therapeutic interventions
6. Any changes in the POC
✔✔What qualifies as a Discharge summery, if completed in acute-care hospital? -
✔✔Final Therapeutic intervention note on the last date that a therapeutic intervention is
provided constitutes documentation of the conclusion of care if the entry is made by a
physical therapist
✔✔If care is NOT provided in an acute-care hospital or if a physical therapist does not
provide the therapeutic intervention of the last date it is provided, A PT must document
the following... - ✔✔1. The Date of termination of treatment
2. Reason that therapeutic intervention terminated
3. Inclusive dates for the episode of care being terminated
4. Total number of days on which therapeutic intervention was provided during the
episode of care
5. Patient's current functional status
6. Patient's progress toward achieving the goals in the POC
7. Recommended d/c plan
✔✔What must be done if a referring practitioner is deriving direct OR indirect
compensation from the referral? - ✔✔Before conducting an evaluation or initiating
physical therapy, the licensee shall ensure that the disclosure is in writing and states "I
am required by law to inform you in writing that your referring physician [or specify if
different from a physician] derives either direct or indirect compensation related to your
physical therapy."
✔✔Mandatory Reporting Requirements (applying to Applicants, Licensees or certificate
holders) - ✔✔Charge (not just conviction) with a misdemeanor involving conduct that
may affect patient safety or a felony shall provide written notice of the charge to the
Board within 10 working days after the charge is filed
****An applicant/Licensee/Certificate holder may request a list of reportable
misdemeanors from the Board
✔✔Continuing Competence Requirements for Renewal - ✔✔A licensed PT shall earn
20 contact hours of continuing competence activities for each compliance period to be
eligible for renewal of license
