AZ PT JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024 GRADED A+.
,1. Assistive personnel: includes physical therapist assistants and physical thera- py 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. At the discretion of the supervising physical
therapist, and if properly credentialed and not prohibited by any other law, other assistive personnel may
be identified by the title specific to their training or education. This paragraph does not apply to personnel
assisting other health care professionals licensed pursuant to this title in the performance of delegable
treatment responsibil- ities within their scope of practice.
2. business entity: means 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.
3. dry needling: means 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.
4. general supervision: means that the supervising physical therapist is on call and is readily available
via telecommunications when the physical therapist assistant is providing treatment interventions."
5. interim permit: means 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.
6. manual therapy techniques: means 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 non- contractile tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These
interventions involve a variety of techniques, such as the application of graded forces.
7. on-site supervision: eans that 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.
8. practice of physical therapy: (a) Examining, evaluating and testing persons who have
mechanical, physiological and developmental impairments, functional
, limitations and disabilities or other health and movement related conditions in order to determine a
diagnosis, a prognosis and a plan of therapeutic intervention and to assess the ongoing effects of
intervention.
(b) Alleviating impairments and functional limitations by managing, designing, imple- menting and
modifying therapeutic interventions including:
(i) Therapeutic exercise.
(ii) Functional training in self-care and in home, community or work reintegration.
(iii) Manual therapy techniques.
(iv) Therapeutic massage.
(v) Assistive and adaptive orthotic, prosthetic, protective and supportive devices and equipment. (vi)
Pulmonary hygiene.
(vii) Debridement and wound care.
(viii) Physical agents or modalities.
(ix) Mechanical and electrotherapeutic modalities.
(x) Patient related instruction.
(c) Reducing the risk of injury, impairments, functional limitations and disability by means that include
promoting and maintaining a person's fitness, health and quality of life.
(d) Engaging in administration, consultation, education and research.
9. restricted certificate: means a certificate on which the board has placed any restrictions as the
result of a disciplinary action.
10. restricted license: means a license on which the board places restrictions or conditions, or both,
as to the scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status or
type or condition of a patient to whom the licensee may provide services.
11. restricted registration: means a registration the Board has placed an restric- tions on as the result
of disciplinary action.
12. Board of physical therapy;appintment;qualifications: -Established by gover- nor
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024 GRADED A+.
,1. Assistive personnel: includes physical therapist assistants and physical thera- py 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. At the discretion of the supervising physical
therapist, and if properly credentialed and not prohibited by any other law, other assistive personnel may
be identified by the title specific to their training or education. This paragraph does not apply to personnel
assisting other health care professionals licensed pursuant to this title in the performance of delegable
treatment responsibil- ities within their scope of practice.
2. business entity: means 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.
3. dry needling: means 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.
4. general supervision: means that the supervising physical therapist is on call and is readily available
via telecommunications when the physical therapist assistant is providing treatment interventions."
5. interim permit: means 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.
6. manual therapy techniques: means 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 non- contractile tissue extensibility, and improve pulmonary function. These
interventions involve a variety of techniques, such as the application of graded forces.
7. on-site supervision: eans that 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.
8. practice of physical therapy: (a) Examining, evaluating and testing persons who have
mechanical, physiological and developmental impairments, functional
, limitations and disabilities or other health and movement related conditions in order to determine a
diagnosis, a prognosis and a plan of therapeutic intervention and to assess the ongoing effects of
intervention.
(b) Alleviating impairments and functional limitations by managing, designing, imple- menting and
modifying therapeutic interventions including:
(i) Therapeutic exercise.
(ii) Functional training in self-care and in home, community or work reintegration.
(iii) Manual therapy techniques.
(iv) Therapeutic massage.
(v) Assistive and adaptive orthotic, prosthetic, protective and supportive devices and equipment. (vi)
Pulmonary hygiene.
(vii) Debridement and wound care.
(viii) Physical agents or modalities.
(ix) Mechanical and electrotherapeutic modalities.
(x) Patient related instruction.
(c) Reducing the risk of injury, impairments, functional limitations and disability by means that include
promoting and maintaining a person's fitness, health and quality of life.
(d) Engaging in administration, consultation, education and research.
9. restricted certificate: means a certificate on which the board has placed any restrictions as the
result of a disciplinary action.
10. restricted license: means a license on which the board places restrictions or conditions, or both,
as to the scope of practice, place of practice, supervision of practice, duration of licensed status or
type or condition of a patient to whom the licensee may provide services.
11. restricted registration: means a registration the Board has placed an restric- tions on as the result
of disciplinary action.
12. Board of physical therapy;appintment;qualifications: -Established by gover- nor
