PTA FLORIDA LAWS AND RULES – Flashcards

When a patient has physically been examined by a physician licensed in another state, the patient has been diagnosed by the physician as having a condition for which physical therapy is required, and the physical therapist is the treating condition.

No

No

$150

May not exceed 10 classroom hours

-Has actively engaged in the practice of physical therapy in good standing in another state for the four years immediately preceding the filing of an application for reinstatement Or -makes application for and passes the examination and pays fees

24 hours

Those courses are sponsored by a college or university which provides curriculum for training physical therapist or physical therapist assistants which is accredited by, or has status within an crediting agency approved by, the United States department of education or courses sponsored or approved by the Florida physical therapy Association or the American physical therapy Association

Each licensee

PROHIBITED!

-being unable to practice physical therapy with reasonable scale and safety to patients by reason of illness or use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of material or as a result of any mental or physical condition -having committed fraud in the practice of physical therapy or the seat in obtaining a license as a physical therapist or as a physical therapist assistant -being convicted or found guilty regardless of adjudication, of a crime in any jurisdiction which directly relates to the practice of physical therapy or to the ability to practice physical therapy -treating others by means other than physical therapy - failing to maintain acceptable standards of physical therapy practice as set forth by the board in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter -engaging directly or indirectly in the dividing, transferring, assigning, rebating, or refunding of fees received for professional services, or having been found to profit by means of a credit or other valuable consideration, such as an an earn commission, discount, or gratuity, but any person referring a patient or with any relative or business associate of referring the person. -having a license revoked or suspended; Having had other disciplinary action taken against him or her; or having had her or his application for a license refused, revoked, or suspended by the licensing authority of another state, territory, or country -making or filing a report of record which the licensee knows to be false -practicing are offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law or excepting and performing professional responsibilities which a person knows they are not competent to perform such as spinal manipulation

Misdemeanor of the first degree

The department or any person in the name of the state

-Biennial renewal fee - The unlicensed activity fee -The reactivation fee -change of status fee

-Payment of all applicable fees -documentation of compliance with all continuing education requirements including prevention a medical errors, for the biennium during which the license last held in active license; and, -documentation of completion of 10 hours of continuing education for each year the license was in active including two hours on the prevention of medical errors. No more than six hours of continuing education may be completed by homestudy per year up in active status. In addition, the applicant must document completion of two hours of continuing education specifically on Florida physical therapy laws and rules within the 12 months immediately preceding application for reactivation, -documentation that the applicant is licensed and in good standing in another state and has actively engage in the practice of physical therapy for four years immediately preceding application for reactivation (at least 400 hours per year); or -documentation of application for and successful passage of the national physical therapy examination, including payment of all associated fees

A spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.

6 months

Acute care

Consultation

Direction

Supervision of subordinate personnel performing directed actions, while the license supervisor is immediately physically available.

On-site supervision

Requires the physical therapist to be accessible at all times by two way communication, available, to respond to an inquiry when made and readily available for consultation during the delivery of care, and is with in the same geographic location as the PTA

The establishment of objectives (goals) and specific remediation techniques.

Direct supervision

General supervision

Under the direct supervision of a physical therapist or a PTA

Both the PT and to the employing physician

60 days in writing

Inserting and adjusting electrodes, reading and identify normal and abnormal signs on the grid, and interpreting the audible signals

Human dissection, human physiology, neurology, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology offered at the graduate level, and a pathological conditions

200

100

Public notification in a newspaper of the greatest general circulation, and place a sign in a conspicuous location in the licensees office announcing the termination or relocation of the practice.

Their opportunity to transfer or receive their medical records

Two years

No less than four times over a period of at least four weeks

30 days

Two years

1 month

Notice shall be published in a newspaper once during each week for 4 consecutive weeks. Patient records can be destroyed one month after or later from the last day of the fourth week of publication notice.

1.00 each

$0.25 per page

Actual costs: the cost of the material and supplies used to duplicate the record

Properly dispensed by a Florida licensed pharmacist and only be administered to the patient for whom the prescription was authorized.

Tasks and activities of patients during the patient treatment

Subsequent reassessments other patient and assessment of the progress of the patient in relationship to the plan of care

HIV and AIDS; 1 clock hour

5 years

Modes of transmission, infection control procedures, clinical management, prevention and Florida law on AIDS and the impact on testing, confidentiality, and treatment

Florida law on AIDS and the impact on testing, confidentiality, and treatment

2

A study of root cause analysis, air reduction and prevention, and patient safety which shall encompass medical documentation and communication; contraindications and indications for physical therapy management; and pharmacological components of physical therapy and patient management.

Yes

1 of the 2 hours required

Prevention of medical errors and HIV/AIDS

50 clock minutes 10 contact hours

Professional ethics, clinical education, clinical practice, clinical research, clinical management, clinical science, Florida law relating to physical therapy, basic sciences, risk management, HIV/AIDS

5

3

12

Not less than 4 years

Existence on the investment interest, The name and address of each applicable entity in which the referring healthcare provider is an inventor, the patients right to obtain the items or services for which the patient has been referred at the location or from the provider or supplier of the patients choice including the entity in which the referring provider is an investor, and the names and addresses of at least two alternative sources

In a conspicuous public place in his or her office

Misdemeanor of the 1st degree

Kickback

If the positive HIV patient discloses to the practitioner the identity of a sexual partner or needle sharing partner; the practitioner recommends the patient notify the sexual partner or needle sharing partner of the positive test and refrain from engaging in sexual or drug activity in a manner likely to transmit the virus and the patient refuses, and the practitioner informs the patient of his or her intent to inform the sexual partner or The needle sharing partner; and the practitioner reasonably and in good faith advises the sexual partner or the needle Sharing partner of the patient of the positive test and facts concerning the transmission of the virus

30 days (If not, the citation becomes a final order)

Not less than 500 no more than 5000 as established by rule of the department

Felony of the 3 degree

Felony of the 2nd degree

Misdemeanor of the first degree

Felony of the third degree

$1000 and minimum mandatory period of 1 year

Incarceration for 30 days and fine of 500 dollars

The complaint is in writing, signed by the complainant, and legally sufficient

There is a showing that the prisoner complainant has exhausted all available administrative remedies within the state correctional system before filing the complaint.

15 days

If it contains ultimate facts that show that a violation of this chapter regulated by the department or rule adopted by the department has occurred

In writing, 20 days after service to the subject of the complaint or document

This means that the department complete the report of its initial investigative findings and recommendations concerning the existence of probable cause within six months after its receipt of the complaint

15 days- after that, notice may result in institution of regular disciplinary proceedings

By majority vote of a probable cause panel of the board, or by the department, as appropriate

15 days

30 days

10 days

File a formal complaint against the licensee

45 days

State surgeon general or his or her designee

A written explanation of how an administrative complaint is resolved by disciplinary process, a written explanation how and when the person may participate in the disciplinary process, and a written notice of any hearing before the division of administrative hearings or the regulatory board at which final agency action may be taken

60 days

10 days or until the subject of the investigation waives their privilege of confidentiality first

Six years

12 years

The licensee has acknowledged the problem, the licensee has voluntarily enrolled in an appropriate, approved treatment program, the licensee has voluntarily withdrawn from practice or limited the scope of practice as required by the consultant in each case until the panel or department is satisfied with completion of program, the licensee has executed release of medical records involving treatment to the consultant

State surgeon general

The department

30 days