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16 entriesSection 2620Defines physical therapy to include physical or corrective rehabilitation and treatment using specified physical, chemical, and exercise modalities, together with evaluation, planning,…Section 2620.1Allows direct physical therapy without referral but bars treatment beyond 45 calendar days or 12 visits without physician or podiatrist plan approval…Section 2620.3Allows a licensed physical therapist to apply topical medications as part of physical therapy only in compliance with board regulations adopted under…Section 2620.5Allows a physical therapist, with specified physician authorization and board certification, to perform tissue penetration to evaluate neuromuscular performance as part of…Section 2620.7Requires patient records to be documented as board regulations require and maintained for at least seven years after discharge. Requires records of…Section 2621Prohibits the chapter from being construed to authorize a physical therapist to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing beyond…Section 2622Requires a physical therapist to manage all aspects of each patient's care as board regulations prescribe. Limits a physical therapist to supervising…Section 2623Allows the board, by regulation, to prescribe, amend, or repeal rules within a code of professional conduct that it considers appropriate to…Section 2630Prohibits any person from practicing or offering to practice physical therapy in the state for received or expected compensation, or holding themselves…Section 2630.3Requires a licensed physical therapist assistant to work only under a board-licensed physical therapist, who remains responsible for all services and documentation.…Section 2630.4Defines a physical therapy aide as an unlicensed person at least 18 years old who assists a licensed physical therapist. Requires continuous…Section 2630.5Exempts specified physical therapy students, supervised clinical participants, qualifying out-of-jurisdiction professionals, and assistants from licensure requirements for listed activities. Limits educational-seminar and…Section 2633Allows licensed physical therapists to use protected physical-therapist titles and initials and bars unlicensed persons from specified licensed or registered physical-therapy titles.…Section 2633.5Prohibits anyone other than a board-licensed physical therapist assistant from using “physical therapist assistant,” “physical therapy assistant,” “PTA,” or other indications of…Section 2633.7Requires a person engaged in the specified clinical-practice period, or a similar observational period of related educational experience involving recipients of physical…Section 2634Allows the board to investigate every applicant for a license before issuing the license in order to determine whether the applicant actually…