Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 22 - Board of Physical Therapy › Section 201 KAR 22:001 - Definitions for 201 KAR Chapter 22

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS 327.010,
				327.050,
				327.200
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				327.040(11) authorizes the
				Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy to promulgate and enforce reasonable
				administrative regulations for the effectuation of the purposes of KRS Chapter
				327 pertaining to the practice and credentialing of physical therapists and
				physical therapist assistants. This administrative regulation establishes the
				definitions for 201 KAR Chapter 22.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Board" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 327.010(3).
(2) "CAPTE" means Commission on Accreditation
			 in Physical Therapy Education.
(3)
			 "Credential" means the license or certificate issued by the board authorizing a
			 person to practice physical therapy.
(4) "Credential holder" means a licensed
			 physical therapist or certified physical therapist assistant who has met all
			 requirements for credentialing in
			 201 KAR
			 22:020 and has been credentialed by the
			 board.
(5) "Credentialing" means
			 the process of licensing or certifying an applicant by the board.
(6) "Direct supervision" means:
(a) The physical therapist or physical
			 therapist assistant:
1. Is immediately
			 available to direct and supervise tasks that are related to direct patient
			 care; and
2. Provides line of sight
			 direction and supervision the majority of the time per visit for each patient
			 when these tasks are performed; and
(b) Supervision is not provided by electronic
			 communication.
(7)
			 "Electronic communication" means:
(a) Any
			 transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, information, or
			 intelligence of any nature transmitted by computer or via the internet in whole
			 or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or
			 photo-optical system; and
(b) The
			 science and technology of the exchanging of information over any distance by
			 electronic transmission of impulses including activities that involve using
			 electronic communications to store, organize, send, retrieve, or convey
			 information.
(8)
			 "Endorsement" means a method of application which is utilized by an applicant
			 credentialed by another jurisdiction.
(9) "Examination" means a board-approved
			 examination that an applicant successfully passes as a requirement for
			 credentialing.
(10) "Full time"
			 means employment for forty (40) hours a week.
(11) "Inactive status" means a credential
			 that is inactive and the credential holder is not engaged in the practice of
			 physical therapy.
(12)
			 "Jurisdiction" means a licensing authority in a state or territory of the
			 U.S.
(13) "NPTE" means the National
			 Physical Therapy Examination for physical therapists and physical therapist
			 assistants.
(14) "On-site
			 supervision" means immediate physical accessibility within the same
			 building.
(15) "Patient" means any
			 person for whom physical therapy is provided.
(16) "Physical therapist" is defined by
			 KRS
			 327.010(2).
(17) "Physical therapist assistant" means a
			 skilled health care worker certified by the board who performs physical therapy
			 and related duties as assigned by the supervising physical therapist.
(18) "Physical therapist student" or
			 "physical therapist assistant student" means a person who meets the
			 requirements of
			 KRS
			 327.050(10)(a).
(19) "Physical therapy" is defined by
			 KRS
			 327.010(1).
(20) "Physical therapy student services"
			 means services provided by a physical therapist student or physical therapist
			 assistant student, as part of the student's educational program, and are
			 considered as provided by the supervising physical therapist or physical
			 therapist assistant.
(21)
			 "Reinstatement of a credential" means a renewal of a license that has
			 lapsed.
(22) "Sexual Misconduct"
			 includes but is not limited to:
(a) engaging
			 in sexual conduct, sexual contact, or soliciting a sexual relationship with a
			 current patient, whether consensual or nonconsensual; or
(b) intentionally exposing or viewing a
			 completely or partially disrobed patient in the course of treatment if the
			 exposure or viewing is not related to patient diagnosis or treatment under
			 current practice standards.
(23) "Sexual Harassment" means behavior
			 characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks,
			 communications (whether in person or via any electronic or other means), or
			 physical advances.
(24)
			 "Supervising physical therapist" means the physical therapist who is
			 supervising the care of a patient who is being treated by a physical therapist
			 assistant or supportive personnel.
(25) "Supportive personnel" means a person
			 assisting in the provision of direct physical therapy patient care who is not
			 credentialed by the board and is not a physical therapist student or physical
			 therapist assistant student.
(26)
			 "Telehealth" is defined by
			 KRS
			 327.200(3).
(27) "Telephysical therapy" means physical
			 therapy between the credential holder and the patient who are not at the same
			 physical location using interactive, secure, synchronous audio, and synchronous
			 videoconferencing technology.
(28)
			 "Verification" means the process of verifying a lawful credential.