For purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall
apply:
"Active license" means a license that is
current and has not expired.
"Assistive personnel" means any person who
carries out physical therapy and is not licensed as a physical therapist or
physical therapist assistant. This definition does not include students as
defined in Iowa Code section
148A.3(2).
"Board" means the board of physical and
occupational therapy.
"Department" means the department of health
and human services.
"Grace period" means the 30-day period
following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be
active. In order to renew a license during the grace period, a licensee is
required to pay a late fee.
"Impairment" means a mechanical,
physiological or developmental loss or abnormality, a functional limitation, or
a disability or other health- or movement-related condition.
"Inactive license" means a license that has
expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period.
"Licensee" means any person licensed to
practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in the state
of Iowa.
"License expiration date" means the
fifteenth day of the birth month every two years after initial
licensure.
"Licensure by endorsement" means the
issuance of an Iowa license to practice physical therapy to an applicant who is
or has been licensed in another state.
"Mandatory reporter training" means the
training on identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult abuse as
required in Iowa Code sections
232.69 and
235B.16.
"On site" means:
1. To be continuously on site and present in
the department or facility where assistive personnel are performing
services;
2. To be immediately
available to assist the person being supervised in the services being
performed; and
3. To provide
continued direction of appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a
component of treatment is delegated to assistive personnel.
"Physical therapist" means a person licensed
under this chapter to practice physical therapy.
"Physical therapist assistant" means a
person licensed under this chapter to assist in the practice of physical
therapy.
"Physical therapy" means the same as defined
in Iowa Code section 148A.1, including:
1. Evaluation of individuals with impairments
in order to determine a diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of therapeutic treatment
and intervention, and to assess the ongoing effects of treatment and
intervention;
2. Use of the
effective properties of physical agents and modalities, including but not
limited to mechanical and electrotherapeutic devices, heat, cold, air, light,
water, electricity, and sound, to prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an
impairment;
3. Use of therapeutic
exercises to prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an impairment;
4. Use of rehabilitative procedures to
prevent, correct, minimize, or alleviate an
impairment, including but not
limited to the following procedures:
* Manual therapy, including soft-tissue and joint
mobilization and manipulation;
* Therapeutic massage;
* Dry needling;
* Prescription, application, and fabrication of assistive,
adaptive, orthotic, prosthetic, and supportive devices and equipment;
* Airway clearance techniques;
* Integumentary protection and repair techniques; and
* Debridement and wound care;
5. Interpretation of performances, tests, and
measurements;
6. The establishment
and modification of physical therapy programs;
7. The establishment and modification of
treatment planning;
8. The
establishment and modification of consultive services;
9. The establishment and modification of
instructions to the patient, including but not limited to functional training
relating to movement and mobility; and
10. Participation, administration, and
supervision attendant to physical therapy and educational programs and
facilities.
"PT" means physical therapist.
"PTA" means physical therapist
assistant.
"Reactivate" or
"reactivation" means the process as outlined in rule
645-200.7 (17A,147,272C) by
which an inactive license is restored to active status.
"Reciprocal license" means the issuance of
an Iowa license to practice physical therapy to an applicant who is currently
licensed in another state that has a mutual agreement with the Iowa board of
physical and occupational therapy to license persons who have the same or
similar qualifications to those required in Iowa.
"Reinstatement" means the process as
outlined in rule 645-11.31 (272C). Once the
license is reinstated, the licensee may apply for active
status.
