Wisconsin Administrative Code › Physical Therapy Examining Board › Chapter PT 1 - License And Compact Privilege To Practice Physical Therapy › Section PT 1.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in chs.  PT 1  to  9:
(1) "Board" means the physical therapy
			 examining board.
(3) "Client" means
			 a person who has contracted for, who receives, and or who has previously
			 received or contracted for, the professional services of a physical therapist,
			 a physical therapist assistant, student or temporary licensee, whether the
			 physical therapist, student or temporary licensee is paid or unpaid for the
			 service, and regardless of where such services occur. If a client is a person
			 under age 18, the client's parent or legal guardian are also clients.
(4) "Direct, immediate, on-premises
			 supervision" means face-to-face contact between the supervisor and the person
			 being supervised, as necessary, with the supervisor physically present in the
			 same building when the service is performed by the person being
			 supervised.
(5) "Direct, immediate,
			 one-to-one supervision" means one-to-one supervision with face-to-face contact
			 between the person being supervised and the supervisor. The supervisor may
			 assist the person being supervised as necessary.
(6) "FSBPT" means the Federation of State
			 Boards of Physical Therapy.
(7)
			 "General supervision" means direct, on-premises contact between a supervisor,
			 and a physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, student or temporary
			 licensee being supervised, as necessary. Between direct contacts, a supervisor
			 is required to maintain indirect, off-premises telecommunication contact such
			 that the person being supervised can, within 24 hours, establish direct
			 telecommunication with a supervisor.
(8) "Informed consent" means a client's
			 voluntary, knowing and understood agreement to the service to be provided by
			 the physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, temporary licensee,
			 candidate for reentry, or student. Informed consent requires, at a minimum,
			 that the licensee has provided information about reasonable alternate modes of
			 diagnosis and treatment, and the risks and benefits of each, that a reasonable
			 person in the client's position would need before making an informed decision
			 concerning the mode of treatment or diagnosis.
(a) Informed consent may ordinarily be
			 documented by the written signature of the client, the client's guardian or the
			 client's power of attorney for healthcare, or in the alternative by a notation
			 in the patient's health care record as defined in s. 146.81(4), Stats. If
			 circumstances prevent signed documentation by the client, the licensee may
			 document verbal consent within the patient's health care record.
(b) A client may withdraw informed consent
			 verbally or in writing at any time before a service is completed.
(c) Informed consent shall include an
			 understanding that the client may, upon request, have a chaperone present while
			 services are provided.
(d) No
			 service or part of a service may be provided without the client's informed
			 consent or after informed consent has been withdrawn.
(e) No service or part of a service may be
			 provided without informing the client of the general nature of the costs
			 associated with the service provided or contact information for the entity who
			 can address billing concerns.