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Ethics and Jurisprudence for the Indiana Physical Therapy Professional: Summary
Section 3: Accreditation of Educational Programs The committee shall maintain a list of physical therapyandphysicaltherapistassistanteducational programs that the committee has approved. An approved program is one maintaining standards equivalent to those adopted by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), Accreditation Handbook. Fees The board shall charge and collect the following fees: • Application for licensure/certification: $100 • Application to repeat national examination: $50 • License/certification renewal: $100 biennially • Temporary permit: $50 • Verification of licensure/certification: $10 • Duplicate wall license/certification: $10 Admission to Practice Section 1: Licensure by Endorsement The committee may issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who completes the following: 1. Submits a sworn application in proper form. 2. Submits the fee specified. 3. Presents satisfactory evidence that he or she does not have a conviction for an act, within or outside of this state, that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction. 4. Has been certified by a written examination provided by the committee. 5. Submits verification from all states in which the applicant has been or is currently licensed-certified. 6. Submits an official transcript of grades from a physical therapy school or physical therapist assistant school evidencing that the applicant is a graduate of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant entry- level educational program that meets the requirements and that a degree has been conferred. 7. Submits one passport-type quality photograph of the applicant taken within the last eight weeks.
of the person supervised when services are performed by the physical therapist assistant or holder of a temporary permit issued under IC 25-27-1-8(d). For the holder of a temporary permit issued under IC 25- 27-1-8(d), unless the supervising physical therapist or physician is on the premises to provide constant supervision, the holder of a temporary permit shall meet with the physical therapist or physician at least once each working day to review all patients’ treatments. This meeting must include the actual presence of the physical therapist or physician and the holder of a temporary permit. 6. “Physical therapist assistant” means a person who is registered by the committee to assist in the practice of physical therapy under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist or under the direct supervision of a physician by performing those assigned physical therapy procedures. 7. “Physical therapy” includes, but is not limited to, such measures as the following: a. Performing and interpreting tests and measurements of neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiac, and pulmonary functions as a part of treatment, interpretation of physician referrals, initial patient evaluation, initial and ongoing treatment planning, periodic reevaluation of the patient, and adjustment of the treatment plan. b. Planning initial and subsequent treatment programs on the basis of test findings and within the orders of a referring practitioner who is licensed to practice c. Administering treatment through the use of physical, chemical, or other properties of heat or cold, light, water, electricity, massage, mechanical devices, and therapeutic exercise, which includes all types of physical rehabilitative techniques and procedures. medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic.
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