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PT Jurisprudence Exam for California-study guide #1
PTBC General information-
Location of the Board - correct answer ✔✔Sacramento
PT practice act is under which organization - correct answer ✔✔PTBC
Role of the PTBC - correct answer ✔✔- Protection of the public is the highest priority.
- Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, it is
the protection of the public that shall be paramount
With respect to a physical therapy corporation, the governmental agency referred to in which act, is the
Physical Therapy Board of California (remember the order of those words) - correct answer
✔✔Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act
Board Member requirements-
Who is on the board? - correct answer ✔✔- 1 PT involved in the education of physical therapists
- 3 licensed PTs with at least 5 years experience
- 3 public members who cannot be licentiates of the PTBC board or ANY other board under the Medical
Board of California or be a close family member with someone on the board.
How many years can a person serve on the board - correct answer ✔✔No more than 2 consecutive
terms - 1 Term= 4 years so 8 years max
The board shall hold at least one regular meeting annually in which cities? - correct answer
✔✔Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Francisco
,What is the rule about Direct Access? - correct answer ✔✔A PT may evaluate without a referral or a
diagnosis, but may not initiate treatment without a diagnosis.
A referral is not required.
How long shall a patient's record be held? - correct answer ✔✔No less than 7 Years after discharge
What is the exception of the 7 year record hold? - correct answer ✔✔Unemancipated minors shall be
maintained at least one year after the minor has reached the age of 18 years, and not in any case less
than 7 years.
How is a PT able to legally write their name as "Dr." - correct answer ✔✔As long as there is an
unnabreviated "Doctor of Physical Therapy" following their name.
How is a PT able to legally be spoken as a "Dr." - correct answer ✔✔(while engaged in the practice of PT)
use the title "doctor" preceding the person's name, if the speaker specifies that he/she is a physical
therapist
How long before citations are wiped from record? - correct answer ✔✔5 years
(if multiple citations occur within 5 year window, all citations remain until most recent citation has been
present for 5 years.)
How much is an administrative fine?
What is it based on? - correct answer ✔✔-typically no less than $100, no more than $2,500
-good/bad faith of cited person, nature/severity of violation, history of similar violations, intent of
cooperation with board, attempt of cited to mitigate damage from violation
How much can a fine increase to, and for what reason? - correct answer ✔✔$5,000
if the act involves present/immediate threat to health and safety of another person,
multiple violations or willful disregard of the law,
, violations perpetrated against a senior citizen or disabled person,
history of 2 or more prior citations for the same or similar violations.
Who can be shareholders? - correct answer ✔✔Each Shareholder, director and officer of a physical
therapy corporation, (except an assistant secratary and an
assistant treasure) MUST be a licensed PT.
Shares of capital stock in a professional corporation may only be issued to - correct answer ✔✔A
licensed PT
When one shareholder in a professional
corporation of 2+ shareholders dies or becomes a disqualified person for a period exceeding 90 days,
his/her shares shall be - correct answer ✔✔sold and trasferred to the corporation it's shareholders or
other eligible licensed persons on such terms are agreed upon. Must happen within 6 months after
death, 90 days after person labled disqualified.
PTA-
- A PT shall not supervise more than how many PTA's as a general rule.
- In all cases is this true?
- In no case shall the total of PTA's exceed how many times the number of PT's at one time? - correct
answer ✔✔- 2
- The PTBC may approve for greater number of PTA's per PT if they feel there would be adequate
supervision and the public's health and safety would be served.
- In NO CASE shall the total number of PTA's exceed twice the number of PT's regularly employed by a
facility at one time.
Any person who holds him/herself as a PTA without appropriate licensing by the PTBC is gulity of a ... -
correct answer ✔✔misdemeanor
A PTA shall NOT:
1-
2-
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