Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 112 - BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY › Chapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY › Part I - General Provisions › Section 18VAC112-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In addition to the words and terms defined in §§
										54.1-3473 and
					 54.1-3486 of the Code
					 of Virginia, the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have
					 the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Active practice" means a minimum of 160 hours of
					 professional practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant
					 within the 24-month period immediately preceding renewal. Active practice may
					 include supervisory, administrative, educational, or consultative activities or
					 responsibilities for the delivery of such services.
"Approved program" means an educational program accredited
					 by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the
					 American Physical Therapy Association.
"Assessment tool" means oPTion or any other self-directed
					 assessment tool approved by FSBPT.
"CLEP" means the College Level Examination Program.
"Compact" means the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact
					 (§
										54.1-3485
					 of the Code of Virginia).
"Contact hour" means 60 minutes of time spent in continuing
					 learning activity exclusive of breaks, meals, or vendor exhibits.
"Direct supervision" means a physical therapist or a
					 physical therapist assistant is physically present and immediately available
					 and is fully responsible for the physical therapy tasks or activities being
					 performed.
"Discharge" means the discontinuation of interventions in
					 an episode of care that have been provided in an unbroken sequence in a single
					 practice setting and related to the physical therapy interventions for a given
					 condition or problem.
"Evaluation" means a process in which the physical
					 therapist makes clinical judgments based on data gathered during an examination
					 or screening in order to plan and implement a treatment intervention, provide
					 preventive care, reduce risks of injury and impairment, or provide for
					 consultation.
"FCCPT" means the Foreign Credentialing Commission on
					 Physical Therapy.
"FSBPT" means the Federation of State Boards of Physical
					 Therapy.
"General supervision" means a physical therapist shall be
					 available for consultation.
"National examination" means the examinations developed and
					 administered by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and approved
					 by the board for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist
					 assistant.
"Physical Therapy Compact Commission" or "commission" means
					 the national administrative body whose membership consists of all states that
					 have enacted the compact.
"Reevaluation" means a process in which the physical
					 therapist makes clinical judgments based on data gathered during an examination
					 or screening in order to determine a patient's response to the treatment plan
					 and care provided.
"Support personnel" means a person who is performing
					 designated routine tasks related to physical therapy under the direction and
					 supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant within the
					 scope of this chapter.
"TOEFL" means the Test of English as a Foreign
					 Language.
"Trainee" means a person seeking licensure as a physical
					 therapist or physical therapist assistant who is undergoing a
					 traineeship.
"Traineeship" means a period of active clinical practice
					 during which an applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or physical
					 therapist assistant works under the direct supervision of a physical therapist
					 approved by the board.
"TSE" means the Test of Spoken English.
"Type 1" means continuing learning activities offered by an
					 approved organization as specified in
					 18VAC112-20-131.
"Type 2" means continuing learning activities which may or
					 may not be offered by an approved organization but shall be activities
					 considered by the learner to be beneficial to practice or to continuing
					 learning.
Statutory Authority: §
												54.1-2400
						of the Code of Virginia.