Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-24-101 - Definitions
In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. § 32-2001, in this Chapter:
1. "Accredited" means
accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation organization.
2. "Accredited educational program" means a
physical therapist or physical therapist assistant educational program that is
accredited by:
a. The Commission on
Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education, or
b. An agency recognized as qualified to
accredit physical therapist or physical therapist assistant programs by either
the U.S. Department of Education or the Council on Higher Education
Accreditation at the time of the applicant's graduation.
3. "Administratively suspend," as used in
A.R.S. §
32-2027, means the Board places a license or certificate issued under A.R.S. Title 32,
Chapter 19 and this Chapter on suspended status because the license or
certificate was not renewed timely.
4. "Applicant" means an individual or
business entity seeking an initial or renewal license, initial or renewal
certificate, initial or renewal registration, interim permit, or reinstatement
from the Board.
5. "Applicant
packet" means the forms and additional information the Board requires to be
submitted by an applicant or on the applicant's behalf.
6. "Campus" means a facility and immediately
adjacent buildings.
7. "College
Board" means an association composed of schools, colleges, universities, and
other educational organizations across the United States that is responsible
for the development of assessment tests that are used to provide college credit
or for college placement.
8.
"College level examination program" means services offered by the College Board
for an individual to demonstrate college-level achievement by taking an
examination approved by the College Board.
9. "Compliance period" means a two-year
license renewal cycle that ends August 31 of even-numbered years.
10. "Continuing competence" means maintaining
the professional skill, knowledge, and ability of a physical therapist or
physical therapist assistant by successfully completing scholarly and
professional activities related to physical therapy.
11. "Course" means an organized subject
matter in which instruction is offered within a specified period of
time.
12. "Course evaluation tool"
means the Coursework Evaluation Tool for Foreign Educated Physical Therapists
who Graduated after June 30, 2009, Fifth Edition, 2004 (effective July 1,
2009), published by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, 124
West Street, South Alexandria, VA, 22314, incorporated by reference and on file
with the Board. This incorporation by reference contains no future editions or
amendments.
13. "Credential
evaluation" means a written assessment of a foreign-educated applicant's
general and professional educational course work.
14. "Credential evaluation agency" means an
organization that evaluates a foreign-educated applicant's education and
provides recommendations to the Board about whether the applicant's education
is substantially equivalent to physical therapy education provided in an
accredited educational program.
15.
"Days" means calendar days.
16.
"Endorsement" means a procedure for granting an Arizona license or certificate
to an applicant already licensed as a physical therapist or certified as a
physical therapist assistant in another jurisdiction of the United
States.
17. "ETS" means Educational
Testing Service, an organization that provides educational learning and
assessment services, including the Test of English as a Foreign Language
Program.
18. "Facility" means a
building where:
a. A physical therapist is
engaged in the practice of physical therapy;
b. An applicant, licensee, or certificate
holder is engaged in a supervised clinical practice; or
c. A physical therapist assistant performs
physical therapy-related tasks delegated by an onsite
supervisor.
19.
"Foreign-educated applicant" means an individual who graduated from a physical
therapist educational program outside the United States, Puerto Rico, District
of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.
20. "Functional limitation" means restriction
of the ability to perform a physical action, activity, or task in an efficient,
typically expected or competent manner.
21. "Good moral character" means the
applicant has not taken any action that is grounds for disciplinary action
against a licensee or certificate holder under A.R.S. §
32-2044.
22. "Hour" means 60 minutes.
23. "iBT" means internet-based
TOEFL.
24. "National disciplinary
database" means the disciplinary database of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services' Health Integrity and Protection Data Base, which contains
previous or current disciplinary actions taken against a licensed physical
therapist or certified physical therapist assistant by state licensing
agencies.
25. "National
examination" means an examination produced by the Federation of State Boards of
Physical Therapy or an examination produced by the American Physical Therapy
Association.
26. "On call," as used
in the definition of "general supervision" prescribed under A.R.S. §
32-2001, means a supervising physical therapist is able to go to the location at which
and on the same day that a physical therapist assistant provides a selected
treatment intervention if the physical therapist, after consultation with the
physical therapist assistant, determines that going to the location is in the
best interest of the patient.
27.
"Onsite supervisor" means a physical therapist who provides onsite supervision
as defined in A.R.S. §
32-2001.
28. "Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical
Performance Instrument" means the document used to assess an individual's
knowledge, skills, and attitudes to determine the individual's readiness to
work as a physical therapist assistant that is published by the American
Physical Therapy Association, Division of Education, March 1998, 1111 North
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 and incorporated by reference and on
file with the Board. This incorporation by reference contains no future
editions or amendments.
29.
"Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument" means the document used to
assess an individual's knowledge, skills, and attitudes to determine the
individual's readiness to practice physical therapy that is published by the
American Physical Therapy Association, Division of Education, December 1997,
1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1488 and incorporated by
reference and on file with the Board. This incorporation by reference contains
no future editions or amendments.
30. "Physical therapy services" means any of
the actions stated in the definition of practice of physical therapy in A.R.S.
§
32-2001.
31. "Qualified translator" means an
individual, other than an applicant, who is:
a. An officer or employee of an official
translation bureau or government agency,
b. A professor or instructor who teaches a
translated language in an accredited college or university in the United
States,
c. An American consul in
the country where the translated document is issued or another individual
designated by the American consul in the country where the translated document
is issued, or
d. A consul general
or diplomatic representative of the United States or individual designated by
the consul general or diplomatic representative.
32. "Readily available," as used in the
definition of "general supervision" prescribed under A.R.S. §
32-2001, means a supervising physical therapist is able to respond within 15 minutes to
a communication from a physical therapist assistant providing a selected
treatment intervention under general supervision.
33. "Recognized standards of ethics" means
the Code of Ethics (amended June 2000) and the accompanying Guide for
Professional Conduct (amended January 2004) of the American Physical Therapy
Association, 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1488, which is
incorporated by reference and on file with the Board. This incorporation
includes no later editions or amendments.
34. "Supervised clinical practice" means the
period of time a physical therapist is engaged in the practice of physical
therapy or a physical therapist assistant is engaged in work as a physical
therapist assistant after being issued an interim permit by the
Board.
35. "Supervising physical
therapist" means an individual licensed under this Chapter who provides onsite
or general supervision to assistive personnel.
36. "Suspend" means the Board places a
license, certificate, permit, or registration in a status that restricts the
holder of the license, certificate, permit, or registration from practicing as
a physical therapist, working as a physical therapist assistant, or offering
physical therapy services.
37.
"TOEFL" means test of English as a foreign language.
38. "Week" means the period beginning on
Sunday at 12:00 a.m. and ending the following Saturday at 11:59 p.m.
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