AZ Law Definitions

Question 1

General Supervision

Answer 1

the supervising PT is ON CALL & READILY AVAILABLE via telecommunications

Question 2

On site supervision

Answer 2

the supervising PT is ON SITE & PRESENT IN THE FACILITY

Question 3

Manual Therapy Techniques

Answer 3

passive interventions – modulate pain, increase ROM, dec. soft tissue inflammation or restriction, improve contractile/noncontractile tissue extensibility, & improve pulmonary fxn

Question 4

Assistive Personnel

Answer 4

= PTAs, PT Aides, and other assistive personnel, trained/educated health care providers and who are not PTs but perform specific designated tasks under PT supervision

Question 5

Assistive Personnel if properly credentialed:

Answer 5

also applies to; other AP may be identified by the title specific to their training/education

Question 6

Assistive Personnel does NOT apply to personnel

Answer 6

assisting other health care in the performance of delegable treatment responsibilities within their scope of practice

Question 7

Business Entity

Answer 7

a business with ownership that includes any persons NOT a licensed PT, offers to the public professional services board regulated & is established pursuant to the laws of any state or foreign country

Question 8

Interim Permit

Answer 8

allows a person to practice as a PT/PTA in AZ for a specific period of time & under conditions prescribed by the board before they are issued a license

Question 9

On Call

Answer 9

a supervising PT is able to go to location on the same day that a PTA provides intervention if the PT, after consulting with the PTA, determines that going is in the best interest of the patient

Question 10

Readily Available

Answer 10

means a supervising PT is able to respond within 15 minutes to a communication from a PTA providing selected treatment intervention under general supervision

Question 11

Course Evaluation Tool

Answer 11

the Coursework Evaluation Tool for Foreign Educated Physical Therapists who graduated after 6/30/09 (a book)

Question 12

Credential Evaluation

Answer 12

assessment of a foreign educated applicant’s education course work

Question 13

Dry Needling

Answer 13

performed by a PT, using thin filiform needled to stimulate neural, muscular, & CT

Question 14

Compliance Period

Answer 14

two-year license renewal cycle that ends August 31 of even-numbered years

Question 15

What’s public information?

Answer 15

licensees/interim permit holders + place of practice, license #, status & expiration date