Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Physical and Occupational Therapists › Chapter 200 - Licensure of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants › Rule 645-200.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall
				  apply:
"Active license"
means a license that is
				  current and has not expired.
"Assistive personnel"
means any person who
				  carries out physical therapy and is not licensed as a physical therapist or
				  physical therapist assistant. This definition does not include students as
				  defined in Iowa Code section
				  148A.3(2).
"Board"
means the board of physical and
				  occupational therapy.
"Department"
means the department of health
				  and human services.
"Grace period"
means the 30-day period
				  following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be
				  active. In order to renew a license during the grace period, a licensee is
				  required to pay a late fee.
"Impairment"
means a mechanical,
				  physiological or developmental loss or abnormality, a functional limitation, or
				  a disability or other health- or movement-related condition.
"Inactive license"
means a license that has
				  expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period.
"Licensee"
means any person licensed to
				  practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in the state
				  of Iowa.
"License expiration date"
means the
				  fifteenth day of the birth month every two years after initial
				  licensure.
"Licensure by endorsement"
means the
				  issuance of an Iowa license to practice physical therapy to an applicant who is
				  or has been licensed in another state.
"Mandatory reporter training"
means the
				  training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult abuse as
				  required in Iowa Code sections
				  232.69 and
				  235B.16.
"On site"
means:
1. To be continuously on site and present in
				the department or facility where assistive personnel are performing
				services;
2. To be immediately
				available to assist the person being supervised in the services being
				performed; and
3. To provide
				continued direction of appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a
				component of treatment is delegated to assistive personnel.
"Physical therapist"
means a person licensed
				  under this chapter to practice physical therapy.
"Physical therapist assistant"
means a
				  person licensed under this chapter to assist in the practice of physical
				  therapy.
"Physical therapy"
means the same as defined
				  in Iowa Code section 148A.1, including:
1. Evaluation of individuals with impairments
				in order to determine a diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of therapeutic treatment
				and intervention, and to assess the ongoing effects of treatment and
				intervention;
2. Use of the
				effective properties of physical agents and modalities, including but not
				limited to mechanical and electrotherapeutic devices, heat, cold, air, light,
				water, electricity, and sound, to prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an
				impairment;
3. Use of therapeutic
				exercises to prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an impairment;
4. Use of rehabilitative procedures to
				prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an impairment, including but not
				limited to the following procedures:
* Manual therapy, including soft-tissue and joint
				  mobilization and manipulation;
* Therapeutic massage;
* Dry needling;
* Prescription, application, and fabrication of assistive,
				  adaptive, orthotic, prosthetic, and supportive devices and equipment;
* Airway clearance techniques;
* Integumentary protection and repair techniques; and
* Debridement and wound care;
5. Interpretation of performances, tests, and
				measurements;
6. The establishment
				and modification of physical therapy programs;
7. The establishment and modification of
				treatment planning;
8. The
				establishment and modification of consultive services;
9. The establishment and modification of
				instructions to the patient, including but not limited to functional training
				relating to movement and mobility; and
10. Participation, administration, and
				supervision attendant to physical therapy and educational programs and
				facilities.
"PT"
means physical therapist.
"PTA"
means physical therapist
				  assistant.
"Reactivate"
or
"reactivation"
means the process as outlined in rule
				  645-200.7 (17A,147,272C) by
				  which an inactive license is restored to active status.
"Reciprocal license"
means the issuance of
				  an Iowa license to practice physical therapy to an applicant who is currently
				  licensed in another state that has a mutual agreement with the Iowa board of
				  physical and occupational therapy to license persons who have the same or
				  similar qualifications to those required in Iowa.
"Reinstatement"
means the process as
				  outlined in rule 645-11.31 (272C). Once the
				  license is reinstated, the licensee may apply for active
				  status.