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AzPTA Town Hall Meeting Program
The AzPTA Practice Committee is pleased to offer the Town Hall Meeting program -- an open discussion about physical therapy practice pertaining to YOU and your clinical setting. The purpose of the Town Hall Meeting Program is to:
- Moderate open forums for small groups of PTs, PTAs, and managers to facilitate discussion about current practice issues.
- Identify pertinent resources on current ethical, legal and clinical issues.
- Respond to members’ questions about practice.
- Review and discuss adequate patient records that meet state and federal standards.
- Provide documentation guidelines and an audit checklist.
- Discuss APTA guidelines,policies and resources.
- Discuss compliance with state and federal requirements applicable to your setting.
Click here to download the Town Hall Meeting brochure.
Town Hall Meeting scheduling request form
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The AzPTA Supervision Resource
This Supervision Resource is designed to be a comprehensive source about supervision issues in physical therapy practice in Arizona. It can serve as a guide for clinicians, administrators and managers faced with difficult and sometimes complex questions relating to supervision of the physical therapist assistant (PTA), rehab aides/technicians, and students.
Several practice scenarios are included along with the interpretations and commentary from the Arizona Physical Therapy Association (AzPTA) Practice Committee. In all cases, common concern about the wellbeing of the patient/client and the responsibility of a profession to police itself are foremost in our discussions. This resource does not supersede the authority of the Arizona Board of Physical Therapy in exercising their responsibility for interpreting and enforcing Arizona laws, nor the responsibility of the APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee and the AzPTA Chapter Ethics Committee in making determinations about ethical practice for members of the APTA.
This resource contains information that can be used to guide legal and ethical practice regarding professional accountability when physical therapists supervise assistive personnel. Many of the situations faced by practitioners involve complex judgments and consideration of conflicting value systems between the therapists, patients/clients, organizations, payers, and healthcare policy. The commentary provided is designed to guide practitioners when making decisions regarding supervision.
This resource includes links to the Physical Therapy Practice Act (Arizona Revised Statutes A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 19) and the Administrative Rules (Arizona Administrative Code Title 4, Chapter 24) from the Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy, The American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA’s) Code of Ethics and accompanying Guide for Professional Conduct, the APTA Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant and accompanying Guide for Conduct, and relevant policies and guidelines of the APTA.
Resources:
State Practice Acts
* Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy Web site
* Arizona State Practice Act
APTA Positions
Members can search the APTA website for the following APTA House of Delegates policies and other materials related to use of personnel (supervision) using key-word searches:
* Direction and Supervision of the PTA (P06-05-18-26)
* Provision of PT Interventions and Related Tasks (HOD 06-00-17-28)
* Student Physical Therapy Provision of Services (HOD 06-00-18-30)
* Supervision of Student PTA (HOD-P06-00-19-31)
* Procedural Interventions Exclusively Performed by PT (HOD P06-00-30-36)
* PTA Supervision Chart – Medicare Supervision requirements
* PTA Supervision (Chart) in the States summary
* Use of Personnel/Supervision
* Medicare guidelines for PTs, PTAs, and various practice settings.
* Risk Management: The APTA web site contains a risk management reference page.
* Legal and Ethical Issues
Articles of Interest
* Culver. Reliable resource: understanding APTA positions on the use of personnel. PT Magazine;8(9):28-33
* Schunk. Risk management: the hot topics ñ appropriate supervision. PT Magazine; 8(12):29-31
* Arriaga. Liability awareness: stories from the front ñ part one: PTAs and safe practice. PT Magazine; 9(1):33-34
Supervision Situations
The AzPTA Practice Committee has developed several supervision scenarios that are intended to serve as educational tools for members. Your AzPTA member website log-in and password are required to review the following scenarios:
* Onsite student
* Using an aide (tech) to treat
* PT is out to lunch
* PTA treating a group
* Students and the assistive personnel ratios
* Weekend staff in a long-term care facility
Click here to access the Supervision Situations page.
AzPTA Practice Committee
October 2009
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