2025 PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM FLORIDA EXAM
150 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Part A: chapter 486 PT
practice Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession, occupation, provision
What is legislative purpose? CORRECT ANS✔✔ To ensure that every PT practitioner is practicing
in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Means board of PT practice
What does department mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Department of health
What does license mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ The document of authorization granted by the
board and issued by the department for s person to engage in the practice of PT.
What does endorsement mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Licensure granted by the board pursuant to
the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ A person who is licensed and who
practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
,What does PTA mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Onsite
supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Each of these terms are
deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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.
, What does practice of physical therapy mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Practitioner of record or by an
advanced registered nurse practitioner that's licensed
The physical therapist shall refer the patient to or consult with a practitioner of record if
CORRECT ANS✔✔ the patients condition is found to be outside the scope of physical therapy
If the physical therapy treatment for a patient is required beyond 30 days for a condition not
previously assessed by a practitioner of record then the ..... CORRECT ANS✔✔ Physical therapist
shall have a practitioner of record review and sign the plan of care
The requirement that a PT have a practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment
does not apply when CORRECT ANS✔✔ A patient has been physically examined by a physician
licensed in another state, the pt has been diagnosed by the physician as having a condition for
which PT is required, and the PT is treating the condition.
The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and the use of
electricity for surgical purposes, including cauterization are.... CORRECT ANS✔✔ Not physical
therapy for purposes of this chapter.
150 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Part A: chapter 486 PT
practice Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession, occupation, provision
What is legislative purpose? CORRECT ANS✔✔ To ensure that every PT practitioner is practicing
in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.
What is legislative intent? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Means board of PT practice
What does department mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Department of health
What does license mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ The document of authorization granted by the
board and issued by the department for s person to engage in the practice of PT.
What does endorsement mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ Licensure granted by the board pursuant to
the provisions of chapter 486
What does Physical therapist mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ A person who is licensed and who
practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
,What does PTA mean ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Onsite
supervision of a PT
What does physical therapy practitioner mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Each of these terms are
deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means a health care profession.
What is direct supervision ? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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.
, What does practice of physical therapy mean? CORRECT ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Practitioner of record or by an
advanced registered nurse practitioner that's licensed
The physical therapist shall refer the patient to or consult with a practitioner of record if
CORRECT ANS✔✔ the patients condition is found to be outside the scope of physical therapy
If the physical therapy treatment for a patient is required beyond 30 days for a condition not
previously assessed by a practitioner of record then the ..... CORRECT ANS✔✔ Physical therapist
shall have a practitioner of record review and sign the plan of care
The requirement that a PT have a practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment
does not apply when CORRECT ANS✔✔ A patient has been physically examined by a physician
licensed in another state, the pt has been diagnosed by the physician as having a condition for
which PT is required, and the PT is treating the condition.
The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and the use of
electricity for surgical purposes, including cauterization are.... CORRECT ANS✔✔ Not physical
therapy for purposes of this chapter.
