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FLORIDA PTA JURISPRUDENCE EXAM LAWS AND RULES EXAM Reasons to miss board meeting - Correct Ans: ✔✔court order, subpeona, death of family member, illness, hospitalization of immediate family Cannot miss more than 3 consecutive board meetings unless excused

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Reasons to miss board meeting - Correct Ans: ✔✔court order, subpeona, death of family member, illness, hospitalization of immediate family Cannot miss more than 3 consecutive board meetings unless excused. Florida Statutes - Correct Ans: ✔✔PT - Chapter 486 other 456 Florida administrative code - Correct Ans: ✔✔64b Probable cause panel - Correct Ans: ✔✔2 people - designate chair ( members or 1 current and 1 past member) application fees: licensure by endorsement licensure by NPTE Laws and rules exam Initial licensure unlicensed activity fee biennial fee for active biennial fee for inactive

retired status fee delinquent status fee reactivate license change of status - Correct Ans: ✔✔licensure by endorsement 100 licensure by NPTE 100 Laws and rules exam 25 Initial licensure 75 unlicensed activity fee 5 biennial fee for active 75 biennial fee for inactive 50 retired status fee 50 delinquent status fee 55 reactivate license 50 change of status 40 How many years must you have passed the NPTE and laws and rules to receive license? - Correct Ans: ✔✔within 5 years Replication for license exam? laws and rules? - Correct Ans: ✔✔DOH form #DOH-MQA 1143 Requirements for reactivation of inactive license (4) - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. 10 hours of CE (no more than 6 at home)

  1. Medical errors precention for each biennium
  2. 2 hours specifically related to laws and rules within 1 year prior to reactivation
  3. proof of 24 hours of CE including med errors in the preceding biennium which the licensee held active license Spouses of military - Correct Ans: ✔✔Exempt from licensure renwal when out of state due to spouse's duties. Must document status and tell board within 6 mo of return. If at second half of biennium then exempt from CE. Program plan - Correct Ans: ✔✔establishment of objectives (goals) and specific remediation techniques Releasing info to a 3rd party not in actual care - Correct Ans: ✔✔Written consent from patient or legally authorized personnel Inquiries of patient prognosis from PTA - Correct Ans: ✔✔direct to PT Acute care PTA - Correct Ans: ✔✔PT will be readily and physically available for consultation to the PTA PTA employed under who needs general supervision by PT? under who needs direct? - Correct Ans: ✔✔general: board certified orthopedic physician or physiatrist, chiropractic physician certified in PT

direct: any other physician than stated above. Min qualifications for perform electromyography (4) - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. must be trained

  1. formal education
  2. 200 hours of testing human subjects under direct supervision
  3. present evidence of 100 tests of neurologically involved patients Change of address - Correct Ans: ✔✔notify within 60 days Death of PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. medical records must be available for 2 years after death
  4. must be published in newspaper at least 1 month after death TErmination or relocation of PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. 2 years medical records be available
  5. Notice in newspaper no less than 4 times over 4 weeks
  6. SIgn placed outside office no less than 30 days prior to relocation Costs of duplicating medical records - Correct Ans: ✔✔first 25 pages $1/page over 25 = .25c/page reasonable costs of reproducing xrays

Unable to practice with reasonable skill - Correct Ans: ✔✔1,000 3 years probation PRN eval Obtain license with bribery - Correct Ans: ✔✔500 2 years probation Guilt of crime relating to PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔1500 6 months probation Treatment other than PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 1 year probation failure to maintain acceptable standards - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 letter of concern unlawful fee splitting - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 and/or 1 year probation negligent filing or false report - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 up to min 2 years probation offer practice beyond scope - Correct Ans: ✔✔2500 and/or 1 year probation improper use of laser device - Correct Ans: ✔✔2000 and/or 1 year probation

Failure to comply with HIV/AIDS - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 and letter of concern Failure to report health care violator - Correct Ans: ✔✔letter of concern Improper delegation - Correct Ans: ✔✔1000 and/or 6 months probation

  • drug screen - Correct Ans: ✔✔500 and/or 2 years probation Citations - Correct Ans: ✔✔requirement that subject correct violation within 60 days. Issued within 6 months after the filing of the complaint citation violations: 8 - Correct Ans: ✔✔Advertising discounted services 200 Failure to turn over patient records 100 Obtaining license by bad check 100 Failing to report conviction 250 Failure to satisfy CE 300- 1000 Failure to notify change of address 250 Failure to comply with audit of CE 250 Failure to pay fees 150

Failure to complete CE fines - Correct Ans: ✔✔>9 hours 300 9 - 16 hours 600

16 1000 Reinstatement of license when for definite period - Correct Ans: ✔✔upon expiration Reinstatement of license when ability to engage in safe practice - Correct Ans: ✔✔compliance with terms of final order and show ability to practice safely early Reinstatement of license when definite or indefinite - - Correct Ans: ✔✔petition with documentation of compliacne with final order and plan

To show safety compliance - Correct Ans: ✔✔10 hours of CE/year submission of mental or physical exam completion of substance treatment program How long to correct violation? - Correct Ans: ✔✔15 days HIV/AIDS requirement - Correct Ans: ✔✔1 clock hour - online - first renewal of licensure

modes of transmission, infection control, clinical management, prevention, florida law on AIDS Medical errors requirement - Correct Ans: ✔✔2 contact hours - can be at home - each biennium medical documentation and communication, CI and indications for PT management, pharmacological components of PT and pt management. Study of root cause analysis,. error reduction and prevention, patient safety 1 contact hour - Correct Ans: ✔✔50 minutes 1 CEU - Correct Ans: ✔✔10 contact hours = 500 minutes CE approved 6 - Correct Ans: ✔✔College/university 1 credit = 1 contact hour APTA sponsored courses FPTA sponsored courses Florida board meetings (50min = 1 contact hour) Probable cause council (5 hours) Laws and rules exam (2 hours) Excuses for not getting CEs 3 - Correct Ans: ✔✔illness, courses not available, economic/tech/legal hardships

Notify department for missing board meeting 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 5 days prior unless proof of emergency Who can limited licenses provide services to? 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔indigent, underserved or critical need populations within the state Who can challenge the validity of the examination? 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔Those that score 10% below min score Examination in another language 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔Must pay costs of translation and allow 6 months. 15 or more applicants must want the translation. Penalty for theft or reproduction of exam 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔3rd degree felony Delinquent business license 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔must reapply within 6 months Prescription labeling 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔Must have name of practioner and license number on prescription. Name of practioner on bottle Financial interest disclosure 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. tell pt about existence of financial interest

  1. name and address of the entity
  2. Pts right to obtain items/services
  3. 2 alternative sources
  4. post copy of disclosure and terms Violation is 1st degree misdemeanor Kickbacks 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔prohibited Legislative intent - Correct Ans: ✔✔every PT meets min requirements for safe practice Physical therapy definition - Correct Ans: ✔✔a person who is licensed and who practices PT in accordance with the provisions of this chapter 486 Practice of PT definition - Correct Ans: ✔✔performance of assessment and treatment of human beings or the prevention with physical, chemical or other properties of air, electricity, exercise, massage and performance of acupuncture when no penetration of skin occures, radiant eneerfy (ultraviolet, visible and infrared rays), ultrasound, water. Implement plan of treatment. Direct acces # of days - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 21 sexual misconduct - Correct Ans: ✔✔prohibited.

Grounds for denial of license - Correct Ans: ✔✔1. illness or use of drugs

  1. fraud in PT or deceit in obtaining license
  2. convicted or guilty of crime related to PT
  3. failure to maintain acceptable standard of practice
  4. treating by other mens other than PT
  5. dividing transferring assigning rebating or refunding fees received for services
  6. having license revoked or suspended in antoher stat
  7. violating order from disciplinary hearing
  8. filing false report 10.practicing beyond scope
  9. viiolating 456 If you vilate any provisions what penalty is it - Correct Ans: ✔✔first degree misdemeanor
  10. practice without active license
  11. use a license which is suspended or revoked
  12. otain license fraudulently
  13. use name PT unless licensed
  14. make false oath or affirmation
  15. conceal info relating to violations

Injunctive relief - Correct Ans: ✔✔any person or the department in the name of the state may apply for injunctive relief int he court to enjoin any person from committing any act in violation of this chapter Practitioner disclosure of confidential info: immunity 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the disclosure of confidential info to a sexual partner or needle sharing partner under the following circumstances:

  1. if patient discloses the persons info
  2. the practitioner recommends the pt notify the partner and hte patient refuses
  3. adivses the partner reasonably and in good faith treatment programs for impaired practitioners 456 - Correct Ans: ✔✔? document of authorization granted by the board and issued by the dept for a person to engage in PT practice - Correct Ans: ✔✔license T/F pt related activities performed by PTA for board cert ortho or physiatrist physician do not require onsite supervision by PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F PT practitioner only includes PT and PTAs - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE

what is involved in direct supervision - Correct Ans: ✔✔physical presence of licensed PT for those under temporary permit under what criteria can acupuncture be PT practice - Correct Ans: ✔✔no skin puncture what is the hour limit for license reactivation CEUs - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 10 Under what 3 conditions can license be reactivated - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Reactivation CEUs

  1. proof of practice in other state for 4 years prior - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  2. applies for and passes exam" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ how many hours of CEUs for renewal - Correct Ans: ✔✔24 biennially 2 ways CEUs are approved - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. by accredited PT/PTA college/university
  3. FPTA or APTA sponsored/approved" - Correct Ans: ✔✔

T/F A licensee against whom a petition is filed cannot be named or ID'd by initials in public records or documents and proceedings must be closed to the public - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F The record of proceeding and orders by board may be used against a licensee in another proceeding. - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- cannot be used T/F You may be denied license or face disciplinary action if convicted or found guilty of a crime related to PT practice. - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F You may be denied licensure or face disciplinary action for directly or indirectly dividing, transferring, assigning, rebating, or refunding fees received for services - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F A PT cannot perform specific spinal manipulation. - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- PT cannot perform any interventions which he is not competent to perform T/F The board can opt to not reinstate a PT if he is deemed unqualified until he/she can present evidence of safety in PT practice - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F It is illegal to conceal info relating to violations of FL laws/rules - Correct Ans: ✔✔True- illegal to knowingly conceal

"Which of the following automatically revoked privilege to practice in FL: - Correct Ans: ✔✔

  1. Inactive status - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  2. Injunctive status - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  3. Retired status - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  4. Delinquent status" - Correct Ans: ✔✔Inactive, retired, and delinquent status What is the status of a license that is not renewed at the end of biennium? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Delinquent status What happens when a delinquent licensee fails to become active or inactive prior to expiration of current licensure cycle? - Correct Ans: ✔✔License is null What are the 4 requirements for reactivation of an inactive or retired license? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Documentation of 10 hrs cont ed (<6hrs home study)
  1. Medical errors prevention course - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  2. Laws and rules 2 hrs cont ed - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  3. Documentation 24 hrs approved cont ed" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ What is the policy for licensure renewal for spouses of members of armed forces? - Correct Ans: ✔✔exempt from renewal provisions for period of time which licensee is absent from the State of FL due to spouse's duties with Armed Forces What is procedure for license renewal exemption for military spouses? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Licensee notifies Board within 6 months of return to FL or spouse's d/c from duty If military spouse utilizes exemption for renewal, what occurs if status change occurs within 2nd half of biennium? - Correct Ans: ✔✔exempt from continuing ed requirement term for stage of illness or injury characterized by actual or reasonable potential for a rapid change in medical status that would affect the PT POC - Correct Ans: ✔✔acute care offering of info aimed at resolution of perceived problem - Correct Ans: ✔✔consultation

term for authorization and empowerment by PT of PTA or unlicensed personnel to carry out actions subject to licensure - Correct Ans: ✔✔delegation term for observational, verbal, or manual determinations of the function of the MSK or neuromusuclar sys relative to PT (ROM, motor power, posture, biomech, locomotion, functional abilities) - Correct Ans: ✔✔assessment term for spv of subordinate personnel performing actions subject to licensure pursuant to FL statutes while licensed supervisor is immediately physically available - Correct Ans: ✔✔direct spv term for spv of PT accessible at all times by 2-way communication enabling PT to respond to inquiry when made or readily available for consultation during care within same geographic location as assistant - Correct Ans: ✔✔general spv term for establishment of objectives/goals and specific remediation techniques - Correct Ans: ✔✔program plan term for conditions and performances essential for quality PT service and pt care - Correct Ans: ✔✔standards

term for any individual not holding current license as PT or PTA - Correct Ans: ✔✔unlicensed personnel what is the primary concern of PT wrt delegation (3) - Correct Ans: ✔✔pt safety, well-being, best interest T/F PTs and PTAs should safeguard the confidentiality of info and require verbal consent form pt to release info - Correct Ans: ✔✔False! Written consent T/F PTs should act as proxy for applicant in an exam for certification or registration - Correct Ans: ✔✔FALSE T/F PTs are responsible for giving referring practitioner with any info that will assist in determination of accurate medical dx - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F A PT must implement POC dictated by referring practitioner even if contraindicated - Correct Ans: ✔✔false- PT should not implement POC contraindicated what is the PT to do if practitioner dictates contraindicated POC - Correct Ans: ✔✔Immediately notify referring practitioner that PT will not be following request with reasons for refusal

T/F PTA is responsible for IDing level of acuity of illness - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- PT responsibility T/F PT is responsible for assessment, IDing level of acuity of illness, planning pt's treatment program, and implementing and directing program - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F PT must be available for consultation at all times - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F PTs are required to provide on-site SPV when students are performing pt care - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE When PTs are participating in student/trainee programs, by whom must the program be approved? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Council on Postsecondary Accreditation OR

  1. US Dept of Education" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ T/F PTA may initiate or change treatment independently - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- requires approval of PT T/F PTA shall not provide services to pt in acute phase of injury/illness or inpt in hospital unless PT is physically available for consultation - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE

T/F PTA shall report all untoward pt responses or changes in medical status to PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F PTA can answer pt inquiries regarding prognosis - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- must be referred to PT In what form must PT be available to PTA during non-acute and outpatient pt care? - Correct Ans: ✔✔at all times by telecommunication within same geographic location T/F The PT shall not delegate portions of skilled PT to any personnel lesser trained than PTA - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE T/F PTs are not responsible for special knowledge and skills implicit in school settings - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- PTs shall keep abreast of special knowledge and skills implicit in school settings and shall practice in accordance with previous stated standards Unlicensed personnel cannot be utilized to perform treatment. - Correct Ans: ✔✔False- can under direct SPV of PT or PTA under what kind of SPV must a PTA employed by a board cert ortho physician or physiatrist or chiro with physiotherapy cert be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔general SPV

under what kind of SPV must a PTA not employed by a board cert ortho physician or physiatrist or chiro with physiotherapy cert be? - Correct Ans: ✔✔onsite In what 3 things must a PT be trained and competent in prior to performing EMG as an aid to dx? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Inserting and adjusting electrodes

  1. Reading and IDing normal and abnormal signals on the grid - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  2. Interpreting audible signals" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ A PT must have no less than formal ed within accredited institution in what 5 areas? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Human dissection
  3. Human physiology - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  4. Neurology - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  5. Neuro-anatomy & neuro-phys - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  6. Pathological conditions" - Correct Ans: ✔✔

To perform EMG, how much testing on human subjects and under what kind of SPV is required? - Correct Ans: ✔✔200hrs, direct SPV of licensed physician or PT who is qualified with 100 tests on neuro pts with corroborated findings with licensed individual within how many days of address change must the Board office be notified? - Correct Ans: ✔✔60 days Any PT/PTA responsible for pt medical records must do what? - Correct Ans: ✔✔ensure maintenance of those records at least 2 yrs after death Within 1 month from death of PT/PTA, the executor must issue a notice how and indicating what? - Correct Ans: ✔✔Through general circulation in the county of the PT/PTA practice, indicating records available to pt/clients at a specific time & place or will be destroyed in 4 weeks How many times must notice of date of termination/relocation of pt records be published upon relocation/termination? Where else must this be posted? - Correct Ans: ✔✔4x over 4 wks; conspicuous location in the office for at least 30 days What is the reasonable cost for 25 pages of pt record? - Correct Ans: ✔✔$1 / pg

What is the reasonable cost for >25 pages of pt record? - Correct Ans: ✔✔$0.25 / pg What is the reasonable cost for XRay and imaging? - Correct Ans: ✔✔the actual cost"" What kind of medication can be administered by a PT? - Correct Ans: ✔✔topical meds Whose responsibility is it to define and delineate ed, training, and experience required to perform duties within PT practice setting in writing as part of policies and procedures? - Correct Ans: ✔✔PT T/F PTAs can delegate revision of goals - Correct Ans: ✔✔false- PT must establish and revise PT goals T/F PTAs can complete pt progress notes as long as they are signed by the PT - Correct Ans: ✔✔false- PTs shall not delegate PT progress notes term for the provision of guidance or oversight by PTs or PTAs for accomplishment of delegated tasks - Correct Ans: ✔✔supervision

How many hours of HIV/AIDS courses must be attained biennially? - Correct Ans: ✔✔1 hour What 5 subject areas must courses on HIV/AIDS include? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Modes of transmission

  1. Infection control - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  2. Clinical Management - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  3. Prevention - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  4. FL law on AIDS" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ How many hours of medical error prevention must be completed biennially? - Correct Ans: ✔✔2 hours What 3 areas should be encompassed by medical error prevention courses? - Correct Ans: ✔✔"1. Documentation/communication
  5. Contraindications and indications for PT management - Correct Ans: ✔✔
  1. Pharm components of PT practice" - Correct Ans: ✔✔ T/F Applicants who become licensed in the second half of the biennium are exempt from CEU reqs for first renewal. - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE 1 CEU = __clock hours - Correct Ans: ✔✔ 10 T/F Courses in the basic sciences counts as CEU material. - Correct Ans: ✔✔TRUE How many hours of risk management is acceptable per biennium? - Correct Ans: ✔✔<=5hrs Up to how many hours are allowed for home study during a biennium? - Correct Ans: ✔✔<=12 hrs Course instructors can receive how many hours per biennium? - Correct Ans: ✔✔<=6hrs T/F Instructors teaching their normal course of instruction receive contact hours toward cont ed - Correct Ans: ✔✔FALSE