Position Statements

• Supervision and Documentation (Notes) - updated June 17, 2015
• Business Entities / Corporate Information - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Direct Access (includes referrals from chiropractors) - reviewed June 17, 2015
• EMG & Nerve Conduction Studies - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Oversight of Home Health Aides by Physical Therapist - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Performance of Finger Blood Specimens - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Physical Therapist’s Role in Managing and Recording Medications - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Physical Therapists Who Perform Massage - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Use and Storage of Medications for Iontophoresis and Phonophoresis - reviewed 6-17-2015
• Use of Clinical Designator, PT and PTA - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Documentation - Discharge Summary - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Removal of Sutures or Staples by a PT or PTA - reviewed June 17, 2015 -
• Performance of soft tissue mobilization vaginally or rectally by a PTA - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Performance of Sharp Debridement by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Performance of Mobilization by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Scope of Authority of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist with Functional Capacity Evaluations - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Utilization of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist With Patient Screens - reviewed June 17, 2015
• PT Aide – role in patient care and supervisory responsibility of the PT - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Electronic Signatures - reviewed June 17, 2015
• Vitamins, Nutritional Supplements, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications - reviewed June 17, 2015