2025 PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM Florida Questions With Complete Solutions What are the three parts to the laws and rules exam ? -
Correct Answers ✅Part A: chapter 486 PT practice
Part B: rule 64B17
Part C: chapter 456 health profession,occupation,provision
What is legislative purpose? - Correct Answers ✅To ensure that every PT practitioner is practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.What is legislative intent? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅Means board of PT practice What does department mean? - Correct Answers ✅Department of health What does license mean ? - Correct Answers ✅The document of authorization granted by the board and issued by the department for s person to engage in the practice of
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2025 PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM Florida Questions With Complete Solutions What does endorsement mean ? - Correct Answers ✅Licensure granted by the board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 486 What does Physical therapist mean? - Correct Answers ✅A person who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter What does PTA mean ? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 Answers ✅Onsite supervision of a PT 2 / 4
2025 PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM Florida Questions With Complete Solutions What does physical therapy practitioner mean? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅Each of these terms are deemed identical and interchangeable with each other , means a health care profession.What is direct supervision ? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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. 3 / 4
2025 PTA LAWS AND RULES EXAM Florida Questions With Complete Solutions What does practice of physical therapy mean? - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 Answers ✅Practitioner of record or by an advanced registered nurse practitioner that's licensed
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