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CA Law Exam Physical TherapyHow soon must you report an address, name or email change to the Board? - answer30
calendar days
What identification to patients must aides, students, applicants, and interns provide
while working? - answerName and working title on a nametag with at least 18 point type
related health sciences - answerany neuroscience and any anatomical, behavioral,
biomedical, physiological, and movement sciences. These sciences specifically include,
but are not limited to, biology, biomechanics, exercise physiology, gerontology, human
development, kinesiology, pathology, pathomechanics, pharmacology and psychology.
Patient Records - answer(a) A physical therapist shall document and sign in the patient
record the following in accordance with subsection (c):
(1) Examination and re-examination
(2) Evaluation and reevaluation
(3) Diagnosis
(4) Prognosis and intervention
(5) Treatment plan and modification of the plan of care
(6) Each treatment provided by the physical therapist or a physical therapy aide
(7) Discharge Summary
(b) The physical therapist assistant shall document and sign in the patient record any
treatment provided by that individual, in accordance with subsection (c).
(c) With respect to any care provided to the patient, the patient record shall indicate:
(1) The date and nature of the service provided and
(2) The name and title of any individual who provided such service, including the
individual's role in that service. As used in this section, the term "service" does not
include "non-patient related tasks" as defined in section 1399.
(d) The physical therapist shall ensure compliance with subsection (c).
(e) The requirements of this section are in addition to the requirements of the following
sections:
(1) 1398.37(d) [relating to physical therapist students and interns],
(2) 1398.44(e)(1) [relating to physical therapist assistants]
(3) 1398.52(d) [relating to physical therapist assistant students]
(4) 1399.10 [relating to physical therapist license applicants]; and
(5) 1399.12 [relating to physical therapist assistant license applicants
(f) Electronic signatures are sufficient for purposes of this section.
Notice to Consumers - answer(a) A licensed physical therapist engaged in the practice
of physical therapy shall provide Form NTC 12-01, August 2, 2012, to each patient.
, (b) The notice required by this section shall be provided by at least one of the following
methods:
(1) Prominently posting Form NTC 12-01, August 2, 2012, in an area visible to patients
on the premises where the licensee provides the licensed services; or,
(2) Providing the patient or the patient's representative with a copy of Form NTC-1201,
August 2, 2012. An acknowledgement, signed and dated by the patient or the patient's
representative, shall be retained in that patient's medical records demonstrating receipt.
Applications of Foreign Graduates - answerPersons applying under Section 2653 of the
code shall cause to be submitted to an evaluation service, which meets the Boards
requirements in Section 1398.25, a complete transcript of the resident course of
professional instruction completed which has been authenticated by the proper official
of the physical therapist education program, and submitted directly by the physical
therapist education program to the evaluation service. Credentials submitted in a
language other than English shall be accompanied by an original translation certified by
a qualified translator other than the applicant.
(b) Where because of circumstances beyond his or her control an applicant is unable to
furnish any of the credentials required under subsection (a) above, the board may in its
discretion accept other documents which it deems sufficient to establish the applicant's
eligibility.
Clinical Service Requirements for Foreign Educated Applicants - answer(a) The period
of clinical service required by Section 2653 of the Code shall be certified by at least one
supervising physical therapist (the supervising physical therapist is the Center
Coordinator of Clinical Education and/or the Clinical Instructor ) licensed by the board,
or by a physical therapy licensing authority in another jurisdiction which is accepted by
the board.
(b) For the purposes of this regulation, supervision means the supervising physical
therapist must be onsite in the same facility and available to the physical therapist
licensure applicant to provide assistance with any patient care.
(c) Effective January 1, 2008, the center coordinator of clinical education (CCCE) must
be an American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) certified clinical instructor.
Effective January 1, 2010, all clinical instructors must be APTA certified.
(d) The certification shall be submitted in a report to the board and shall document the
supervising physical therapist's determination that the physical therapist licensure
applicant possesses the skills necessary to perform any physical therapy evaluation or
any physical therapy procedure of patient care within the California healthcare system.
The supervising physical therapist's evaluation of the physical therapist licensure
applicant shall be prepared utilizing the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance
Instrument issued by the American Physical Therapy Association in December of 1997.
The certification shall include two evaluations of the physical therapist licensure
applicant's skills. One evaluation shall determine the skill level mid-way through the
period of clinical service and the other evaluation shall determine the skill level at the
end of the clinical service. Both evaluations shall be reported at the end of the period of
clinical service.
(e) Three (3) month
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