PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? - - correct answer
✅Part A: chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose? - - correct answer ✅To ensure that every
PT practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements
for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? - - correct answer ✅It is the intent that PT
practitioners who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise
present a danger to the public be prohibited from practicing in this
state.
What does board mean ? - - correct answer ✅Means board of PT
practice
What does department mean? - - correct answer ✅Department of
health
What does license mean ? - - correct answer ✅The document of
authorization granted by the board and issued by the department for s
person to engage in the practice of PT.
,PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
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What does endorsement mean ? - - correct answer ✅Licensure
granted by the board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? - - correct answer ✅A person who
is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter
What does PTA mean ? - - correct answer ✅A person who is licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter to preform patient
related activities including use of physical agents, whose license is in
good standing and whose activities are preformed under the direction
of a PT as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Patient related activities preformed by a PTA for a board certified
orthopedic physician or physiatrist licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or
459 or a practitioner licensed under chapter 460 shall be under what
type of supervision? - - correct answer ✅General supervision of a PT,
but shall not require onsite supervision by a PT.
Patient related activities preformed for all other health care
practitioners licensed under chapter 458/459 and those patient related
activities preformed for practitioners licensed under chapter 461/466
shall be preformed under what supervision? - - correct answer
✅Onsite supervision of a PT
,PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? - - correct answer ✅A
PT or PTA who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
What does physical therapy or physiotherapy mean ? - - correct answer
✅Each of these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with
each other , means a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ? - - correct answer ✅Means supervision by
a PT who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Except in a case of
emergency, direct supervision requires the physical presence of the
licensed PT for consultation and direction of the actions of the PT or PTA
who is practicing under a temp license or who is a candidate for
licensure by examination.
What is a physical therapy assessment ? - - correct answer ✅Means
observational, verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the
musculoskeletal or neuromuscular system relative to PT.
What does a physical therapy assessment include ? - - correct answer
✅Including but not limited to range of motion of a joint, motor power,
postural attitudes, bio mechanical function, locomotion, Or functional
abilities, for the purpose of making recommendations for treatment.
, PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What does practice of physical therapy mean? - - correct answer
✅Means the performance of physical therapy assessments and the
treatment of any disability, injury, disease or other health condition of a
human being, or the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or
other condition of health, and rehabilitation as related thereto by the
use of physical, chemical, and other properties of air, electricity,
exercise, massage, the performance of acupuncture only upon
compliance with the criteria set forth by the board of medicine.
The practice of physical therapy also includes what when no
penetration of the skin occurs? - - correct answer ✅The use of radiant
energy, including ultraviolet, visible and infrared rays, ultrasound, water,
the use of apparatus and equipment in the application of the forgoing
or related thereto. The performance of tests of neuromuscular
functions as an aid to the diagnosis and treatment of any human
condition, or the performance of electromyography as an aid to the
diagnosis of any human condition only upon compliance with the
criteria set forth by the board of medicine.
A physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment developed by
the physical therapist for a patient or provided for the patient by a? - -
correct answer ✅Practitioner of record or by an advanced registered
nurse practitioner that's licensed
Questions And Answers
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? - - correct answer
✅Part A: chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose? - - correct answer ✅To ensure that every
PT practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements
for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? - - correct answer ✅It is the intent that PT
practitioners who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise
present a danger to the public be prohibited from practicing in this
state.
What does board mean ? - - correct answer ✅Means board of PT
practice
What does department mean? - - correct answer ✅Department of
health
What does license mean ? - - correct answer ✅The document of
authorization granted by the board and issued by the department for s
person to engage in the practice of PT.
,PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What does endorsement mean ? - - correct answer ✅Licensure
granted by the board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? - - correct answer ✅A person who
is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter
What does PTA mean ? - - correct answer ✅A person who is licensed in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter to preform patient
related activities including use of physical agents, whose license is in
good standing and whose activities are preformed under the direction
of a PT as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Patient related activities preformed by a PTA for a board certified
orthopedic physician or physiatrist licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or
459 or a practitioner licensed under chapter 460 shall be under what
type of supervision? - - correct answer ✅General supervision of a PT,
but shall not require onsite supervision by a PT.
Patient related activities preformed for all other health care
practitioners licensed under chapter 458/459 and those patient related
activities preformed for practitioners licensed under chapter 461/466
shall be preformed under what supervision? - - correct answer
✅Onsite supervision of a PT
,PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? - - correct answer ✅A
PT or PTA who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
What does physical therapy or physiotherapy mean ? - - correct answer
✅Each of these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with
each other , means a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ? - - correct answer ✅Means supervision by
a PT who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. Except in a case of
emergency, direct supervision requires the physical presence of the
licensed PT for consultation and direction of the actions of the PT or PTA
who is practicing under a temp license or who is a candidate for
licensure by examination.
What is a physical therapy assessment ? - - correct answer ✅Means
observational, verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the
musculoskeletal or neuromuscular system relative to PT.
What does a physical therapy assessment include ? - - correct answer
✅Including but not limited to range of motion of a joint, motor power,
postural attitudes, bio mechanical function, locomotion, Or functional
abilities, for the purpose of making recommendations for treatment.
, PTA LAWS AND RULES Exam florida
Questions And Answers
What does practice of physical therapy mean? - - correct answer
✅Means the performance of physical therapy assessments and the
treatment of any disability, injury, disease or other health condition of a
human being, or the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or
other condition of health, and rehabilitation as related thereto by the
use of physical, chemical, and other properties of air, electricity,
exercise, massage, the performance of acupuncture only upon
compliance with the criteria set forth by the board of medicine.
The practice of physical therapy also includes what when no
penetration of the skin occurs? - - correct answer ✅The use of radiant
energy, including ultraviolet, visible and infrared rays, ultrasound, water,
the use of apparatus and equipment in the application of the forgoing
or related thereto. The performance of tests of neuromuscular
functions as an aid to the diagnosis and treatment of any human
condition, or the performance of electromyography as an aid to the
diagnosis of any human condition only upon compliance with the
criteria set forth by the board of medicine.
A physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment developed by
the physical therapist for a patient or provided for the patient by a? - -
correct answer ✅Practitioner of record or by an advanced registered
nurse practitioner that's licensed
