FLORIDA JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION – PT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+

FLORIDA JURISPRUDENCE EXAMINATION – PT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ The Laws and Rules Examination has 40 scored questions and the content and approximate weights are: 1. Legislative Intent and Definitions 25% 2. Board Powers and Duties 5% 3. Licensure and Examination 7.5% 4. Patient Care 35% 5. Disciplinary Action and Unlawful Practice 15% 6. Consumer Advocacy 12.5% 1.1 Legislative intent: the sole purpose in chapter ensure every PT/PTA in state meets min requirements for safe practice. If PT/PTA fall below min competency or present a danger to the public be prohibited from practicing in this state. 1.1 Legislative intent: requirements: (1) INTENT: if a person wants to be a PT/PTA, they are entitled to if qualified 1.1 Legislative intent: requirements: why regulated? preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public under the POLICE powers of the state 1.1 Legislative intent: requirements: when regulated? - practice can harm or endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the public - public not effectively protected by other means, (other state statutes, local ordinances, or federal legislation). - Less restrictive means of regulation are not available. 1.1 Legislative intent: requirements: restrictions - Neither the department nor any board may take any action that tends to create or maintain an economic condition that unreasonably restricts competition - Neither the department nor any board may create a regulation that has an unreasonable effect on job creation or job retention in the state or that places unreasonable restrictions on the ability of individuals who seek to practice or who are practicing a profession or occupation to find employment. - all expenditures are made in the most cost-effective manner to maximize competition, minimize licensure costs, and maximize public access to meetings 1.2 "Physical therapy" or "physiotherapy," deemed identical and interchangeable with each other, means a health care profession. 1.2 "Practice of physical therapy" - assessments - treatment or prevention of any disability, injury, disease, or other health condition of human beings - physical, chemical, and other properties of air - electricity - exercise - massage; - acupuncture (only with compliance) when no penetration of the skin occurs - radiant energy, including ultraviolet, visible, and infrared rays - ultrasound; - water - apparatus and equipment - performance of tests of neuromuscular functions (to aid diagnosis or treatment) of any human condition - electromyography (aid in diagnosis of human condition - with compliance) - implement a plan of treatment for a patient if outside the scope of PT: PT will refer the patient to or consult with a health care practitioner licensed under chapter 458, 459, 460, 461, or chapter 466, how long can PT treat without a referral? 21 days the PT will obtain a practitioner of record who will review and sign the plan (licensed under chapter 458, 459, 460, 461, or chapter 466 and engaged in active practice) if longer than 21 days. May a PT use roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes? NO - outside the scope of PT. May a PT use electricity for surgical purposes, including cauterization? NO - outside the scope of PT May a PT practice chiropractic medicine, including specific spinal manipulation? NO - For specific chiropractic spinal manipulation, a PT will refer the patient to a health care practitioner licensed under chapter 460. Nothing in this subsection authorizes a physical therapist to implement a plan of treatment for a patient currently being treated in a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 395. Chapter 395 = Hospital 1.3 "Physical Therapist" licensed and who practices physical therapy in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 1.3 "Physical Therapist Assistant" - licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to perform patient-related activities, including: physical agents - license in good standing - activities performed under the direction of a physical therapist Type of supervision for PTA for a board-certified orthopedic physician or physiatrist licensed chapter 458 (physician), 459 (osteopathic), or practitioner under chapter 460 (chiropractor) general supervision of a physical therapist, but shall not require onsite supervision by a physical therapist. Type of supervision for PTA for Patient-related activities performed for all other health care practitioners licensed under chapter 458 (physician), 459 (osteopathic), or chapter 461 (Podiatric - foot & ankle), or chapter 466 (dentistry) onsite supervision of a physical therapist. "Direct supervision" requires the physical presence of the licensed PT for consultation and direction of the actions ( Except in a case of emergency) 1.3 "Physical therapy practitioner" PT or PTA who is licensed and who practices physical therapy in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 1.4 "License" document of authorization granted by the board and issued by the department for a person to engage in the practice of physical therapy. 1.4 Reactivation of an Inactive or Retired License. FEES ( - biennial renewal fee for inactive $50. 64B17-2.005(1), F.A.C.; - unlicensed activity fee $75 64B17-2.001(5) - reactivation fee $50 64B17-2.005(6) - change of status fee $50 64B17-2.001(7) CON ED - 64B17-9.001 - Prevention of medical errors - 10 hours per year license was inactive - including 2 hours on prevention of medical errors - No more than 6 hours may be completed by home study per year of inactive status - 2 hours on Florida Physical Therapy Laws and Rules within the 12 months immediately preceding DOCUMENTATION - applicant is licensed and in good standing in another state and has actively engaged in the practice for 4 years immediately preceding application (> 400 hours per year) - successful passage of the NPTE including payment of all associated fees application fee for licensure (national examination or endorsement) $100 initial licensure fee $75 biennial renewal fee for an active license $75 biennial renewal fee for an inactive license $50 retired status fee $50 delinquency fee $55 fee for reactivation $50 change of status fee $40 duplicate license fee $25 Con ed contact hours defined 1 contact hour = 50 clock minutes 1/2 contact hour =25 clock minutes 1 CEU = 10 contact hours. Exemption of Spouses of Members of Armed Forces from Licensure Renewal Provisions - spouse of Armed Forces: for any period of time which the licensee is absent from the State of Florida due to the spouse's duties with the Armed Forces. - must document the absence and the spouse's military status to the Board - notify change in status within 6 months of the licensee's return to the State of Florida or the spouse's discharge from active duty - If the change of status within the second half of the biennium, the licensee is exempt from the continuing education requirement for that biennium Continuing education requirements - 24 hours biennially. - courses sponsored by accredited college or university with PT/PTA curriculum - accredited agency: APTA, FPTA - home study (up to 12 contact hours) -Con ed Course instructors (up to 6 hours) - instructors for normal course instruction (0 hours) - Clinical Instructors credentialed through APTA (1 contact hour for every 160 hours of clinical internship limited to a maximum of 6 contact hours Instruction on HIV & AIDS - at least 1 clock hour (Board approved course) - by first biennial renewal of licensure - Board will accept PT school coursework no more than 5 years preceding initial licensure date. - courses will be at least one hour and include the following subject areas: (a) Modes of transmission; (b) Infection control procedures; (c) Clinical management; (d) Prevention; (e) Florida law on AIDS and the impact on testing, confidentiality, and treatment. A home study course shall be permitted to fulfill this aspect of the HIV/AIDS education. Prevention of Medical Errors Education - 2 contact hours - include a study of root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, which shall encompass: (a) Medical documentation and communication; (b) Contraindications and indications for physical therapy management; and (c) Pharmacological components of physical therapy and patient management. - Applicants for initial licensure must have completed at least 2 contact hours of medical error education - will accept coursework from accredited schools of physical therapy provided such coursework was completed after January 1, 2002. - If the course is being offered by a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 395, F.S., the Board may apply up to one hour of the two-hour course if specifically related to error reduction and prevention methods used in that facility. - The course may be used as part of the home study continuing education hours. Continuing Education acceptable subject area professional ethics clinical education clinical practice clinical research clinical management clinical science Florida law relating to physical therapy basic sciences risk management (no more than 5 contact hours) HIV/AIDS. (up to 3 hours) prevention of medical errors education (up to 3 hours) PT: renewal, inactive status, reactivation of license; fees.— renewal $200 biennial fees: application, renewal, delinquency, reactivation not to exceed $200 inactive renewal: con ed 10 hours per year inactive OR evidence actively practice PT in another state for 4 years preceding OR application & passes examination Address of Licensee. current address for any notice of law to be served provide board of address change within 60 days in writing