Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision › Chapter 20 - Physical Therapists and Assistants › Subchapter 9 - Professional Development › Section 435:20-9-1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this SubChapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the content clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Activities"
means activities that a licensee
				  participates in to either assess his/her competence or to develop competency.
				  An activity is assigned a value toward meeting professional development
				  requirements.
"APTA"
means the American Physical Therapy
				  Association.
"Asynchronous instruction"
means instructional
				  interaction whereby instructional delivery and learner participation occurs
				  other than simultaneously, offering either a delayed opportunity or no
				  opportunity for instructional feedback.
"Board"
means the Board of Medical Licensure and
				  Supervision.
"Clinical practice"
means physical therapy
				  consultation or patient care or client management or the supervision
				  thereof.
"Committee"
means the Physical Therapy Advisory
				  Committee.
"Compliance period"
means the initial compliance
				  period starting on February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024.
"Competence"
means the application of knowledge,
				  skills, and behaviors required to function effectively, safely, ethically and
				  legally within the context of the patient/client's role and environment.
"Continuing competence"
means the lifelong
				  process of maintaining and documenting competence through ongoing
				  self-assessment, development, and implementation of a personal learning plan,
				  and subsequent reassessment.
"Continuing education"
means those appropriate
				  learning experiences physical therapists and physical therapist assistants
				  undertake to expand their scope of knowledge beyond the basic preparation for
				  the profession of physical therapy and these experiences should be referenced
				  to one of four areas: administration, education, patient care, or research.
"Documentation"
means evidence of completion of
				  continuing education and competence activities.
"FSBPT"
means the Federation of State Boards of
				  Physical Therapy.
"IACET"
means the International Association for
				  Continuing Education and Training.
"Jurisprudence assessment"
means an outline set
				  of questions concerning the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Practice Act, Board
				  rules, and Position Statement posted on the Board's website at
www.okmedicalboard.org
.
"Licensee"
means a Physical Therapist or
				  Physical Therapist Assistant licensed in Oklahoma.
"OPTA"
means the Oklahoma Physical Therapy
				  Association.
"Pre-approval"
means the professional
				  development experience has received approval prior to the end of the compliance
				  period.
"Professional development"
means the fusion of
				  continuing competence and continuing education, which demonstrates and
				  evidences a licensee's ability and knowledge to practice physical therapy
				  consistent with the requirements of Oklahoma law and the standards of the
				  physical therapy profession.
"Professional Development Unit
or
PDU"
means one contact hour (60 minutes) of continuing education
				  coursework or an approved PDU activity (detailed in section 435:20-9d)
"Provider"
means an entity that has been
				  approved by the Board to provide professional development activities for
				  licensees as provided in the rules of this section.
"Synchronous instruction"
means instructional
				  interaction conducted in real time where the instructional delivery and learner
				  participation occurs concurrently with an immediate opportunity for
				  instructional feedback.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 43,
				  eff 9-10-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 2026, eff 5-26-98; Amended at 18 Ok
				  Reg 413, eff 12-8-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1313, eff 5-11-01;
				  Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2312, eff 6-28-02; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2998, eff 8-19-02
				  (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 977, eff
				  5-21-03