Position Statements

• Supervision and Documentation (Notes) - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Business Entities / Corporate Information - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Direct Access (includes spinal manipulation without referral) - updated Oct 1, 2019
• EMG & Nerve Conduction Studies - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Oversight of Home Health Aides by Physical Therapist - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Performance of Finger Blood Specimens - updated June 6, 2018
• Physical Therapist’s Role in Managing and Recording Medications - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Physical Therapists Who Perform Massage - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Use and Storage of Medications for Iontophoresis and Phonophoresis -reviewed June 6, 2018
• Use of Clinical Designator, PT and PTA - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Documentation - Discharge Summary - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Removal of Sutures or Staples by a PT or PTA - updated June 6, 2018
• Performance of soft tissue mobilization using biofeedback, electrical stimulation and internal pelvic floor muscle techniques vaginally or rectally by a PTA - updated Sept 11, 2019
• Performance of Sharp Debridement by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Performance of Mobilization by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Scope of Authority of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist with Functional Capacity Evaluations - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Utilization of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist With Patient Screens - reviewed June 6, 2018
• PT Aide – role in patient care and supervisory responsibility of the PT - reviewed June 6, 20185
• Electronic Signatures - reviewed June 6, 2018
• Vitamins, Nutritional Supplements, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications - reviewed June 6, 2018