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Kansas Physical Therapy Definitions

Board - The Kansas Board of Healing Arts.

Council - The physical therapy advisory council.

Dry Needling - A skilled intervention using a thin filiform needle to penetrate into or through the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points or muscular or connective tissues for the management of neuromuscular pain or movement impairments.

Minimum Weekly Review - The PT shall evaluate the patient and determine a plan of treatment within seven (7) days of the initiation of treatment by the PTA.

Personal Supervision - Oversight by a PT or by a PTA acting under the direction of the PT who is on-site and immediately available to the support personnel.

Physical Therapy - Examining, evaluating and testing individuals with mechanical, anatomical, physiological and developmental impairments, functional limitations and disabilities or other health and movement-related conditions in order to determine a diagnosis solely for physical therapy, prognosis, plan of therapeutic intervention and to assess the ongoing effects of physical therapy intervention.

Physical Therapist - A person who is licensed to practice physical therapy pursuant to the physical therapy practice act. Any person who successfully meets the requirements of K.S.A. 65-2906, and amendments thereto, shall be known and designated as a physical therapist and may designate or describe oneself, as appropriate, as a physical therapist, physiotherapist, licensed physical therapist, doctor of physical therapy, abbreviations thereof, or words similar thereto or use of the designated letters P.T., Ph.T., M.P.T., D.P.T. or L.P.T.

Physical Therapist Assistant - A person who is certified pursuant to the physical therapy practice act and who works under the direction of a PT, and who assists the physical therapist in selected components of physical therapy intervention. Any person who successfully meets the requirements of K.S.A. 65-2906, and amendments thereto, shall be known and designated as a physical therapist assistant, and may designate or describe oneself as a physical therapist assistant, certified physical therapist assistant, abbreviations thereof, or words similar thereto or use of the designated letters P.T.A., C.P.T.A. or P.T. Asst.

Physician - A person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.

Recognized by the Board - An action taken by the board at an open meeting to recognize letters, words, abbreviations or other insignia to designate any educational degrees, certifications or credentials, consistent with the provisions of this act, which a PT may appropriately use to designate or describe oneself and which shall be published in the official minutes of the board.

Support Personnel - Any person other than a PT or PTA.  Support personnel may be designated as or describe themselves as physical therapy aides, physical therapy technicians, physical therapy paraprofessionals, rehabilitation aides, or rehabilitation technicians.

Task - An activity that does not require the formal education or training of a PT or a PTA.

Reference

KRS § 65-2901

KAR §100-29-16

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