PTHA 1100 Test Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
1 + 1 program - ✔✔foundational courses are completed before being accepted
into the PTA program
2005 HOD Meeting - ✔✔-Two new bodies were formed to represent PTA
membership: the Advisory Panel of Physical Therapist Assistants and the PTA
Caucus
-the APTA bylaws were amended toremove the words "active" and "affiliate"
fromAPTA documents so that PTs would be called Physical Therapist Members
and PTAs would be called Physical Therapist Assistant Members
43-33-18(2)(A-E) exceptions for direct access - ✔✔-When service is for fitness,
wellness, or prevention not related to injury
PT must have a master's or DPT or 2 years ofexperience
can return within 60 days for the same problem
Must refer after 90 days without progress
43-33-18(a)(2)(A-E): Self Referral - ✔✔Patients must be referred if the patient
has symptoms or conditions outside of the scope of PT practice
Patients must be referred regardless of condition after 21 days or 8 visits after
the initiation of a physical therapy plan or intervention if a referralhasn't been
received from the patient's provider
-The day or visit limitations do not apply:
for health promotion, wellness, fitness, or for thepurpose of maintenance
In the case of a patient diagnosed within the previous 9 months with a
neuromuscular or developmental condition if being treated for problems
associated with the previously diagnosed condition
,In the case of a patient diagnosed within the previous 90 days with a chronic
musculoskeletal condition and noted by a current relevant document from
anappropriate licensed health care provider
-All self-referred patients must be provided with a written disclosure that a
physical therapy diagnosis is not a medical diagnosis by a physician or based on
radiological imaging and that such services may notbe covered by a patient's
health plan or insurance
Dry needling interventions can't be performedwithout consultation with an
appropriate licensed health care provider
-
490-4 Renewal of License and Penalties - ✔✔Continuing competence applies
within the first biennium that a PT/PTA is licensed in Georgia except licensees
who have graduated during the current renewal biennium and have passed the
NPTE are exempt
Individuals licensed during the last six months of a biennium are not required
to meet continuing competence requirements for that biennium
1 hour of continuing competence credit is awarded for every 8 contact hours
while acting as a CI, with a maximum of 10 hours per biennium
Licensees are required to maintain a record of all activities completed
490-5 Supervision and direction of Physical Therapy Assistants - ✔✔PT must be
present in the same institutional setting 25% of any work week, Mon-Fri
In home health, the PT must perform the initial evaluation to establish the
diagnosis, prognosis, goals, and POC including frequency and duration
PT must meet with the PTA no less than once weekly to review all patients
being treated
PT must document all meetings with the PTA
, PT must be available to the PTA at all times for advice, assistance, and
instruction
In a school setting, the PT performs all physical therapy evaluations to develop
or amend thephysical therapy interventions on the student's IEP
PT must make an on-site visit no less than every 2 months for students
scheduled for weekly services and no less than every 5 months for students
scheduled for direct services monthly or less
490-8 Definitionn and Requirements of Physical Therapy Aides - ✔✔An
individual other than a licensee that aids the PT or PTA in the provision of
physical therapy services
Does not require technical training through a formal
of study
Requires direct supervision on the premises at all
times when assisting the PT or PTA
On the premises means in the immediate area of the patient
Supportive activities to patient care include preparing for treatment by a
licensee, assisting a patient after cessation of treatment by a licensee, or
assisting the licensee during treatment provided by that licensee
May perform clerical tasks excluding treatment documentation
8 Value-based behaviors - ✔✔Altruism
Caring and Compassion
Continuing Competence
Duty
Integrity
PT/PTA Collaboration Responsibility Social Responsibility
, A licensee can be sanctioned for engaging in"unprofessional, immoral,
unethical, deceptive,or deleterious conduct or practice harmful tothe public" -
✔✔43-1-19 (a)(6)
A license can be sanctioned for committing anyact "indicative of bad moral
character or untrustworthiness"
-"Unprofessional conduct shall also include anydeparture from, or the failure to
conform to, the minimal reasonable standards of acceptableand prevailing
practice"
(don't give the patient something crazy to do) law
a research report should include the following - ✔✔A concise summary of the
research article, providing an overview of the what the researcher did and why,
the methods, and results
A brief critique of the research article, giving a technical evaluation of the work,
explaining what was unclear or not addressed, and the merits of the work;
clinical bottom line
Academia - ✔✔-PTAs with experience may work on college campuses in a PTA
program as lab assistants, primary faculty members, or the program director
Must have a minimum of three years of clinicalexperience and a bachelor's
degree to qualify asa PTA faculty instructor, and a minimum of amaster's degree
to be the program director
Should have previous teaching experience, and some background in
educational and instructional theory and methodology
Academic Education - ✔✔-formal academic setting
-continuing education programs
1 + 1 program - ✔✔foundational courses are completed before being accepted
into the PTA program
2005 HOD Meeting - ✔✔-Two new bodies were formed to represent PTA
membership: the Advisory Panel of Physical Therapist Assistants and the PTA
Caucus
-the APTA bylaws were amended toremove the words "active" and "affiliate"
fromAPTA documents so that PTs would be called Physical Therapist Members
and PTAs would be called Physical Therapist Assistant Members
43-33-18(2)(A-E) exceptions for direct access - ✔✔-When service is for fitness,
wellness, or prevention not related to injury
PT must have a master's or DPT or 2 years ofexperience
can return within 60 days for the same problem
Must refer after 90 days without progress
43-33-18(a)(2)(A-E): Self Referral - ✔✔Patients must be referred if the patient
has symptoms or conditions outside of the scope of PT practice
Patients must be referred regardless of condition after 21 days or 8 visits after
the initiation of a physical therapy plan or intervention if a referralhasn't been
received from the patient's provider
-The day or visit limitations do not apply:
for health promotion, wellness, fitness, or for thepurpose of maintenance
In the case of a patient diagnosed within the previous 9 months with a
neuromuscular or developmental condition if being treated for problems
associated with the previously diagnosed condition
,In the case of a patient diagnosed within the previous 90 days with a chronic
musculoskeletal condition and noted by a current relevant document from
anappropriate licensed health care provider
-All self-referred patients must be provided with a written disclosure that a
physical therapy diagnosis is not a medical diagnosis by a physician or based on
radiological imaging and that such services may notbe covered by a patient's
health plan or insurance
Dry needling interventions can't be performedwithout consultation with an
appropriate licensed health care provider
-
490-4 Renewal of License and Penalties - ✔✔Continuing competence applies
within the first biennium that a PT/PTA is licensed in Georgia except licensees
who have graduated during the current renewal biennium and have passed the
NPTE are exempt
Individuals licensed during the last six months of a biennium are not required
to meet continuing competence requirements for that biennium
1 hour of continuing competence credit is awarded for every 8 contact hours
while acting as a CI, with a maximum of 10 hours per biennium
Licensees are required to maintain a record of all activities completed
490-5 Supervision and direction of Physical Therapy Assistants - ✔✔PT must be
present in the same institutional setting 25% of any work week, Mon-Fri
In home health, the PT must perform the initial evaluation to establish the
diagnosis, prognosis, goals, and POC including frequency and duration
PT must meet with the PTA no less than once weekly to review all patients
being treated
PT must document all meetings with the PTA
, PT must be available to the PTA at all times for advice, assistance, and
instruction
In a school setting, the PT performs all physical therapy evaluations to develop
or amend thephysical therapy interventions on the student's IEP
PT must make an on-site visit no less than every 2 months for students
scheduled for weekly services and no less than every 5 months for students
scheduled for direct services monthly or less
490-8 Definitionn and Requirements of Physical Therapy Aides - ✔✔An
individual other than a licensee that aids the PT or PTA in the provision of
physical therapy services
Does not require technical training through a formal
of study
Requires direct supervision on the premises at all
times when assisting the PT or PTA
On the premises means in the immediate area of the patient
Supportive activities to patient care include preparing for treatment by a
licensee, assisting a patient after cessation of treatment by a licensee, or
assisting the licensee during treatment provided by that licensee
May perform clerical tasks excluding treatment documentation
8 Value-based behaviors - ✔✔Altruism
Caring and Compassion
Continuing Competence
Duty
Integrity
PT/PTA Collaboration Responsibility Social Responsibility
, A licensee can be sanctioned for engaging in"unprofessional, immoral,
unethical, deceptive,or deleterious conduct or practice harmful tothe public" -
✔✔43-1-19 (a)(6)
A license can be sanctioned for committing anyact "indicative of bad moral
character or untrustworthiness"
-"Unprofessional conduct shall also include anydeparture from, or the failure to
conform to, the minimal reasonable standards of acceptableand prevailing
practice"
(don't give the patient something crazy to do) law
a research report should include the following - ✔✔A concise summary of the
research article, providing an overview of the what the researcher did and why,
the methods, and results
A brief critique of the research article, giving a technical evaluation of the work,
explaining what was unclear or not addressed, and the merits of the work;
clinical bottom line
Academia - ✔✔-PTAs with experience may work on college campuses in a PTA
program as lab assistants, primary faculty members, or the program director
Must have a minimum of three years of clinicalexperience and a bachelor's
degree to qualify asa PTA faculty instructor, and a minimum of amaster's degree
to be the program director
Should have previous teaching experience, and some background in
educational and instructional theory and methodology
Academic Education - ✔✔-formal academic setting
-continuing education programs
