58-24b-402 - Patient care and management. - Utah Statutes

58-24b-402. Patient care and management.
(1) In practicing physical therapy, a licensed physical therapist shall:
(a) manage all aspects of the physical therapy of a patient under the licensed physicaltherapist's care;
(b) perform the initial evaluation and documentation for each patient;
(c) perform periodic reevaluation and documentation for each patient;
(d) perform physical therapy interventions that require immediate and continuousexamination and evaluation throughout the intervention;
(e) perform all therapeutic intervention on a patient that is outside of the standard scopeof practice of a licensed physical therapist assistant or a physical therapy aide;
(f) determine the therapeutic intervention to be performed by a licensed physical therapistassistant under the on-site supervision or general supervision of the licensed physical therapist toensure that the therapeutic intervention is safe, effective, efficient, and within the scope ofpractice of the licensed physical therapist assistant;
(g) conduct the discharge of each patient and document for each patient, at the time ofdischarge, the patient's response to therapeutic intervention; and
(h) provide accurate documentation of the billing and services provided.
(2) A physical therapist assistant or a physical therapy aide may not:
(a) perform a physical therapy evaluation or assessment;
(b) identify or label a physical impairment or injury;
(c) design a plan of care for a patient;
(d) perform the joint mobilization component of manual therapy; or
(e) perform the sharp selective debridement component of wound management.
(3) Subsection (2)(d) does not apply to:
(a) simple joint distraction techniques or stretching; or
(b) a stretch or mobilization that can be given as part of a home exercise program.

Enacted by Chapter 220, 2009 General Session