OHIO PT JURISPRUDENCE TEST PAPER UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Unit A: Definition of Health Occupation- Practice of Physical Therapy - ✔✔the
independent evaluation of human disability,
injury, or disease by means of noninvasive tests of neuromuscular functions and other
standard procedures of physical therapy, and the treatment of human disability,
injury, or disease by therapeutic procedures, rendered on the prescription of or
referral by a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, or podiatrist, or by a licensed
registered nurse certified to practice as an advanced registered nurse as authorized
pursuant to subchapter VI of this chapter, embracing the specific scientific application
of physical measures to secure the functional rehabilitation of the human body.
✔✔Board of Physical Therapy
1) How Many Members
2)Who appoints them
3) Duties of Board
4) Make-up of Board
5) Term and Exception to Rule - ✔✔1) 5 members
2) Mayor
3) The Board shall regulate the practice of physical therapy.
4) 4 shall be physical therapists licensed in the District and 1 shall be a consumer
member.
5) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, members of the Board shall be
appointed for terms of 3 years.
(e) Of the members initially appointed under this section, 1 shall be appointed for a
term of 1
year, 2 shall be appointed for a term of two years, and 2 shall be appointed for a term of
3
years
✔✔Responsibilities of Mayor - ✔✔(1) Planning, developing, and maintaining procedures
to ensure that that boards receive
administrative support
(2) Processing and providing licenses
(3) Providing investigative and inspection services;
(4) Holding hearings on cases and appointing hearing officers to enable the board to
hold hearings
(5) Furnishing expert services in noncompliance cases brought in an administrative or
court
proceeding;
(6) Providing budgetary and personnel services;
,(7) Maintaining central files of records pertaining to licensure, inspections,
investigations,
and other matters requested by the boards;
(8) Furnishing facilities and staff for hearings and other proceedings;
(9) Providing information to the public concerning licensing requirements and
procedures;
(10) Publishing and distributing procedural manuals concerning licensing and
inspections and other materials prepared by the boards;
(11) Assisting, supplying, furnishing, and performing other administrative, clerical, and
technical support the Mayor determines is necessary or appropriate;
(12) Issuing rules, as the Mayor may periodically determine to be necessary to protect
the
health and welfare of the citizens of the District, for the temporary licensure for a fixed
period of time not to exceed 90 days and under conditions to be prescribed by the
Mayor by rule, of applicants for licensure to practice a health occupation in the District,
except the Mayor may provide for the issuance of temporary licenses to applicants for
licensure to practice social work for a period not to exceed 1 year.
(13) Making necessary rules relating to the administrative procedures of the boards;
and
(14) Issuing all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Qualifications of Members - ✔✔1) Must be resident of DC
2) Practicing for 3 years
Consumer Member
-18 years old
-Not a HP or training to be one
-Household member also cannot be HP or training to be one
-Person and household member can be in business with HC-facility or HPs
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Terms of Members - ✔✔(a) The terms of members of a board or advisory committee,
after the initial terms, shall
expire on the 3rd anniversary of the date the 1st members constituting a quorum take
the
oath of office.
(b) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is
appointed and
sworn into office.
(c) A vacancy on a board or advisory committee shall be filled in the same manner as
the
original appointment was made.
(d) A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the expiration of the term
or
until a successor is appointed and sworn into office.
, ✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Grounds for Removal of Members (2) - ✔✔(a) The Mayor may remove a member of a
board or advisory committee for incompetence,
misconduct, or neglect of duty, after due notice and a hearing.
(b) The failure of a member of a board or advisory committee to attend at least ½ of the
regular, scheduled meetings of the board or advisory committee within a 12-month
period
shall constitute neglect of duty within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section.
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Officers, Meetings, Quorum of Board Members - ✔✔(a)the Mayor shall designate a
chairperson.
(b) Each board and advisory committee shall determine the times and places of its
meetings
and shall publish notice of regular meetings at least 1 week in advance in the District of
Columbia Register.
(c) A majority of the members of each board and advisory committee shall constitute a
quorum.
✔✔Powers of the Board - ✔✔(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter
(2) Evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for licenses,
(3) Make recommendations to the Mayor, for standards and procedures to be used in
determining the acceptability of foreign education and training programs
(4) Issue licenses to qualified applicants;
(5) Issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, and administer oaths;
(6) Receive and review complaints of violations
(7) Request the Mayor, on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint, to conduct
investigations of allegations of practices violating the provisions of this chapter with
respect to the health occupation regulated by the board; and
(8) Conduct hearings and keep records and minutes necessary to carry out its
functions.
(9) Issue advisory opinions regarding compliance with acceptable standards of practice.
✔✔Board- Annual Report - ✔✔Each board shall, before January 1 of each year, submit
a report to the Mayor and the
Council of its official acts during the preceding fiscal year.
✔✔Exemptions to Practicing without a License - ✔✔(1) Administers treatment or
provides advice in any case of emergency
(2) To an individual employed in the District by the federal government, while he or she
is acting in the official discharge of the duties of employment
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Unit A: Definition of Health Occupation- Practice of Physical Therapy - ✔✔the
independent evaluation of human disability,
injury, or disease by means of noninvasive tests of neuromuscular functions and other
standard procedures of physical therapy, and the treatment of human disability,
injury, or disease by therapeutic procedures, rendered on the prescription of or
referral by a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, or podiatrist, or by a licensed
registered nurse certified to practice as an advanced registered nurse as authorized
pursuant to subchapter VI of this chapter, embracing the specific scientific application
of physical measures to secure the functional rehabilitation of the human body.
✔✔Board of Physical Therapy
1) How Many Members
2)Who appoints them
3) Duties of Board
4) Make-up of Board
5) Term and Exception to Rule - ✔✔1) 5 members
2) Mayor
3) The Board shall regulate the practice of physical therapy.
4) 4 shall be physical therapists licensed in the District and 1 shall be a consumer
member.
5) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, members of the Board shall be
appointed for terms of 3 years.
(e) Of the members initially appointed under this section, 1 shall be appointed for a
term of 1
year, 2 shall be appointed for a term of two years, and 2 shall be appointed for a term of
3
years
✔✔Responsibilities of Mayor - ✔✔(1) Planning, developing, and maintaining procedures
to ensure that that boards receive
administrative support
(2) Processing and providing licenses
(3) Providing investigative and inspection services;
(4) Holding hearings on cases and appointing hearing officers to enable the board to
hold hearings
(5) Furnishing expert services in noncompliance cases brought in an administrative or
court
proceeding;
(6) Providing budgetary and personnel services;
,(7) Maintaining central files of records pertaining to licensure, inspections,
investigations,
and other matters requested by the boards;
(8) Furnishing facilities and staff for hearings and other proceedings;
(9) Providing information to the public concerning licensing requirements and
procedures;
(10) Publishing and distributing procedural manuals concerning licensing and
inspections and other materials prepared by the boards;
(11) Assisting, supplying, furnishing, and performing other administrative, clerical, and
technical support the Mayor determines is necessary or appropriate;
(12) Issuing rules, as the Mayor may periodically determine to be necessary to protect
the
health and welfare of the citizens of the District, for the temporary licensure for a fixed
period of time not to exceed 90 days and under conditions to be prescribed by the
Mayor by rule, of applicants for licensure to practice a health occupation in the District,
except the Mayor may provide for the issuance of temporary licenses to applicants for
licensure to practice social work for a period not to exceed 1 year.
(13) Making necessary rules relating to the administrative procedures of the boards;
and
(14) Issuing all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Qualifications of Members - ✔✔1) Must be resident of DC
2) Practicing for 3 years
Consumer Member
-18 years old
-Not a HP or training to be one
-Household member also cannot be HP or training to be one
-Person and household member can be in business with HC-facility or HPs
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Terms of Members - ✔✔(a) The terms of members of a board or advisory committee,
after the initial terms, shall
expire on the 3rd anniversary of the date the 1st members constituting a quorum take
the
oath of office.
(b) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is
appointed and
sworn into office.
(c) A vacancy on a board or advisory committee shall be filled in the same manner as
the
original appointment was made.
(d) A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only until the expiration of the term
or
until a successor is appointed and sworn into office.
, ✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Grounds for Removal of Members (2) - ✔✔(a) The Mayor may remove a member of a
board or advisory committee for incompetence,
misconduct, or neglect of duty, after due notice and a hearing.
(b) The failure of a member of a board or advisory committee to attend at least ½ of the
regular, scheduled meetings of the board or advisory committee within a 12-month
period
shall constitute neglect of duty within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section.
✔✔Unit A: Subchapter 4: General Provisions Relating to Health Occupations Boards-
Officers, Meetings, Quorum of Board Members - ✔✔(a)the Mayor shall designate a
chairperson.
(b) Each board and advisory committee shall determine the times and places of its
meetings
and shall publish notice of regular meetings at least 1 week in advance in the District of
Columbia Register.
(c) A majority of the members of each board and advisory committee shall constitute a
quorum.
✔✔Powers of the Board - ✔✔(1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter
(2) Evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for licenses,
(3) Make recommendations to the Mayor, for standards and procedures to be used in
determining the acceptability of foreign education and training programs
(4) Issue licenses to qualified applicants;
(5) Issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, and administer oaths;
(6) Receive and review complaints of violations
(7) Request the Mayor, on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint, to conduct
investigations of allegations of practices violating the provisions of this chapter with
respect to the health occupation regulated by the board; and
(8) Conduct hearings and keep records and minutes necessary to carry out its
functions.
(9) Issue advisory opinions regarding compliance with acceptable standards of practice.
✔✔Board- Annual Report - ✔✔Each board shall, before January 1 of each year, submit
a report to the Mayor and the
Council of its official acts during the preceding fiscal year.
✔✔Exemptions to Practicing without a License - ✔✔(1) Administers treatment or
provides advice in any case of emergency
(2) To an individual employed in the District by the federal government, while he or she
is acting in the official discharge of the duties of employment
