FLORIDA PT JURISPRUDENCE COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔64B17-6.007 Delegation to Unlicensed Personnel by the Physical Therapist. - ✔✔(1)
Unlicensed personnel may be utilized to assist in the delivery of patient care treatment
by the physical therapist, with
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direct supervision by the physical therapist or the physical therapist assistant.
(2) It is the sole responsibility of the physical therapist to consider the task delegated,
select the appropriately trained
personnel to perform the task, communicate the task or activity desired of the
unlicensed personnel, verify the understanding
by the unlicensed personnel chosen for the task or activity, and establish procedures for
the monitoring of the tasks or
activities delegated.
(3) The physical therapist shall retain ultimate responsibility for the patient's physical
therapy treatment. Any delegation of
treatment to supportive personnel shall be done with consideration of the education,
training, and experience of the support
personnel. It is the sole responsibility of the physical therapist to define and delineate
the education, training, and experience
required to perform duties within the physical therapy practice setting, in writing as a
part of the practice policies and
procedures.
(a) Education entails a technical or professional degree or certification in a specific
practice area providing for
background and experience.
(b) Qualification by training is the learning of tasks performed and delegated to
individuals within the physical therapy
practice.
1. The physical therapist shall define the procedures to be used to train unlicensed
personnel to perform patient care
related tasks or activities within the practice.
, 2. It is the responsibility of the physical therapist to insure that the necessary training
occurred prior to the delegation of a
patient care task or activity to unlicensed personnel.
(4) Competency is demonstrated ability to carry out specific functions with reasonable
skill and s
✔✔64B17.6.005 Costs of Duplicating Medical Records. - ✔✔(1) Any person licensed
pursuant to Chapter 486, F.S., required to release copies of reports or patient medical
records, or make
reports or records available for digital scanning, may condition such release upon
payment by the requesting party of no more than
the reasonable costs of reproducing the records, including reasonable staff time.
(2) Reasonable costs of reproducing copies of written or typed documents or reports
shall not be more than the following:
(a) For the first 25 pages, the cost shall be $1.00 per page.
(b) For each page in excess of 25 pages, the cost shall be $.25 per page.
(3) Reasonable costs of reproducing x-rays and such other kinds of records shall be the
actual costs. "Actual costs" means the
cost of the material and supplies used to duplicate the record and the labor and
overhead costs associated with the duplication.
✔✔The Board approves for continuing education credit: courses or attendance
sponsored at: - ✔✔- college/university PT program that is accredited
1 credit hour = 1 contact hour
- APTA
- FPTA
- Florida Board meetings attendance where disciplinary cases are being heard (licensee
is not on the agenda or appearing for another purpose)
- Former Board members on the Board's Probable Cause Panel
5 contact hours of risk management per biennium
- file DOH form #DH-MQA 1144, "Application Materials For The Florida Laws and Rules
Examination,"and exam passed
2 hours of con ed
credit not awarded if taken as result of discpline or board ordered (licensure)
✔✔CON ED exceptions: including waiver of all or a
portion of these requirements or the granting of an extension of time - ✔✔- finding of
good cause by majority vote of the Board at a public meeting
- following receipt of a written request for exception based upon emergency or hardship.
Emergency or hardship cases are those:
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔64B17-6.007 Delegation to Unlicensed Personnel by the Physical Therapist. - ✔✔(1)
Unlicensed personnel may be utilized to assist in the delivery of patient care treatment
by the physical therapist, with
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direct supervision by the physical therapist or the physical therapist assistant.
(2) It is the sole responsibility of the physical therapist to consider the task delegated,
select the appropriately trained
personnel to perform the task, communicate the task or activity desired of the
unlicensed personnel, verify the understanding
by the unlicensed personnel chosen for the task or activity, and establish procedures for
the monitoring of the tasks or
activities delegated.
(3) The physical therapist shall retain ultimate responsibility for the patient's physical
therapy treatment. Any delegation of
treatment to supportive personnel shall be done with consideration of the education,
training, and experience of the support
personnel. It is the sole responsibility of the physical therapist to define and delineate
the education, training, and experience
required to perform duties within the physical therapy practice setting, in writing as a
part of the practice policies and
procedures.
(a) Education entails a technical or professional degree or certification in a specific
practice area providing for
background and experience.
(b) Qualification by training is the learning of tasks performed and delegated to
individuals within the physical therapy
practice.
1. The physical therapist shall define the procedures to be used to train unlicensed
personnel to perform patient care
related tasks or activities within the practice.
, 2. It is the responsibility of the physical therapist to insure that the necessary training
occurred prior to the delegation of a
patient care task or activity to unlicensed personnel.
(4) Competency is demonstrated ability to carry out specific functions with reasonable
skill and s
✔✔64B17.6.005 Costs of Duplicating Medical Records. - ✔✔(1) Any person licensed
pursuant to Chapter 486, F.S., required to release copies of reports or patient medical
records, or make
reports or records available for digital scanning, may condition such release upon
payment by the requesting party of no more than
the reasonable costs of reproducing the records, including reasonable staff time.
(2) Reasonable costs of reproducing copies of written or typed documents or reports
shall not be more than the following:
(a) For the first 25 pages, the cost shall be $1.00 per page.
(b) For each page in excess of 25 pages, the cost shall be $.25 per page.
(3) Reasonable costs of reproducing x-rays and such other kinds of records shall be the
actual costs. "Actual costs" means the
cost of the material and supplies used to duplicate the record and the labor and
overhead costs associated with the duplication.
✔✔The Board approves for continuing education credit: courses or attendance
sponsored at: - ✔✔- college/university PT program that is accredited
1 credit hour = 1 contact hour
- APTA
- FPTA
- Florida Board meetings attendance where disciplinary cases are being heard (licensee
is not on the agenda or appearing for another purpose)
- Former Board members on the Board's Probable Cause Panel
5 contact hours of risk management per biennium
- file DOH form #DH-MQA 1144, "Application Materials For The Florida Laws and Rules
Examination,"and exam passed
2 hours of con ed
credit not awarded if taken as result of discpline or board ordered (licensure)
✔✔CON ED exceptions: including waiver of all or a
portion of these requirements or the granting of an extension of time - ✔✔- finding of
good cause by majority vote of the Board at a public meeting
- following receipt of a written request for exception based upon emergency or hardship.
Emergency or hardship cases are those:
