AZ JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 2 2026 STATE LAW
AND REGULATORY PRACTICE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ assistive personnel Define? Answer: 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.
◉ When is a physical therapist exempt from being licensed to
practice as a physical therapist in the State of Arizona? Answer:
While TRAVELING in Arizona with a sports team for 60 days.
◉ A physical therapist assistant has moved from Tucson to Tempe.
The physical therapist needs to notify which organization/agency of
the address change? Answer: Arizona Board of Physical Therapy
◉ Law Exam breakdown Answer: Licensure and Examination (30%)
Patient Care Management (27.5%)
Definitions (17.5%)
Disciplinary Action/Unlawful Practice (10%)
,Consumer Advocacy (10%)
Board of Physical Therapy: Powers and Duties (5%)
◉ Board Define? Answer: The board of physical therapy.
◉ Business entity Define? Answer: 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 Define? Answer: 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.
◉ General Supervision define? Answer: The supervising physical
therapist is on call and is readily available via telecommunications
when the physical therapist assistant is providing treatment
interventions.
◉ Interim permit define? Answer: 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 define? Answer: 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 Define? Answer: 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 appropriate aspects of each treatment
session in which a component of treatment is delegated.
◉ Physical therapist assistant Define Answer: Who performs
physical therapy procedures and related tasks that have been
selected and delegated by the supervising physical therapist.
AND REGULATORY PRACTICE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ assistive personnel Define? Answer: 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.
◉ When is a physical therapist exempt from being licensed to
practice as a physical therapist in the State of Arizona? Answer:
While TRAVELING in Arizona with a sports team for 60 days.
◉ A physical therapist assistant has moved from Tucson to Tempe.
The physical therapist needs to notify which organization/agency of
the address change? Answer: Arizona Board of Physical Therapy
◉ Law Exam breakdown Answer: Licensure and Examination (30%)
Patient Care Management (27.5%)
Definitions (17.5%)
Disciplinary Action/Unlawful Practice (10%)
,Consumer Advocacy (10%)
Board of Physical Therapy: Powers and Duties (5%)
◉ Board Define? Answer: The board of physical therapy.
◉ Business entity Define? Answer: 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 Define? Answer: 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.
◉ General Supervision define? Answer: The supervising physical
therapist is on call and is readily available via telecommunications
when the physical therapist assistant is providing treatment
interventions.
◉ Interim permit define? Answer: 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 define? Answer: 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 Define? Answer: 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 appropriate aspects of each treatment
session in which a component of treatment is delegated.
◉ Physical therapist assistant Define Answer: Who performs
physical therapy procedures and related tasks that have been
selected and delegated by the supervising physical therapist.
