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United States Physical Therapy Practice Acts

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Temporary License Requirements/Availability

• The board may issue a temporary license or permit upon satisfactory application and payment of a registration fee established by the board by rule.
• The Physical Therapist Licensing Board, may issue without examination a temporary permit to a person to practice as a physical therapist in this state if the person files an application for license and pays to the board at the time of filing the application the temporary permit fee.
• A person holding a temporary permit may practice physical therapy only under the direction of a licensed physical therapist.
• A person with a temporary permit (issued because they graduated from a CAPTE accredited school in a U.S state or territory and are applying to take the licensure exam for the first time or is a foreign educated physical therapist who has
  graduated from a CAPTE accredited physical therapist program) must practice under on-site supervision, which means that at all times a supervising therapist is in the same building and immediately available for consultation.
• A person who holds a temporary permit issued because they hold a valid current license to practice in another state or territory of the United States must practice under general supervision, which means that at all times a supervising therapist must be readily available for consultation, either in person or by telecommunication.
  
• Entries made in the patient record by a temporary permit holder must be authenticated by the permit holder and by a supervising therapist.
  
• The temporary permit shall be granted for a period not to exceed three months. The board may renew the temporary permit at its discretion for an additional three months, but no longer.
  

Requirements for License

A license is required to practice physical therapy. Unless a person is a licensed physical therapist or holds a permit issued from the board, a person shall not:

• Practice physical therapy
• Use in connection with the name of the person the words or letters, “P.T.”, “R.P.T.”, “L.P.T.”, “physical therapist”, “physiotherapist” or any other letters, words, abbreviations or insignia indicating that the person is a physical therapist, or purports to be a physical therapist.

Each physical therapist shall display a copy of the physical therapist’s license or current renewal verification in a location accessible to public view at the physical therapist’s place of practice or employment.

Supervision

A physical therapist aide must have direct on-site supervision from a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant and perform designated and supervised routine tasks of physical therapy as determined by the physical therapist or assistant.

A physical therapist assistant is supervised and directed by the physical therapist.

Grounds exist for the imposition of sanctions when a person:

• Fails as a physical therapist to supervise physical therapist assistants in accordance with board rules.
• Fails as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to supervise physical therapist aides in accordance with board rules.
  
  

Physical Therapy Students

• A physical therapist may allow a student physical therapist (SPT) to provide treatment consistent with the individual student's education, experience and skills.
• At all times, a supervising physical therapist must provide onsite supervision of an SPT who provides treatment to a
  patient.
• For purposes of this rule "supervising physical therapist" means the physical therapist who is responsible for that patient's
  treatment on the day the SPT or SPTA provides treatment.
• For purposes of this rule "on-site supervision" means that at all times the supervising physical therapist is in the same building and immediately available to provide in person direction, assistance, advice or instruction to the student.
  
• Documentation by a student physical therapist SPT shall be authenticated on the same day by the student and by a supervising physical therapist.

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