Section 7.12.690. Physical therapy service.

	(a)  A facility that provides physical therapy services must retain, as an employee or under contract as a consultant of the facility, a physical therapist licensed under AS 08.84. If treatment is to be rendered by a physical therapy assistant, the physical therapy assistant must be licensed under AS 08.84,  and the treatment must be planned, delegated, and supervised by the physical therapist.  
	(b)  A physical therapist may evaluate a patient and establish a treatment program only upon written or verbal instructions from the treating physician. A treatment program and any modification to it must be approved by the referring physician. A physical therapist may accept a verbal order of a physician.  
	(c)  A physical therapist shall perform the following duties or, if one or more of these duties is delegated to a physical therapy assistant, the physical therapist shall ensure that the duties are properly performed:  
		(1) enter each treatment into the patient's medical record;  
		(2) prepare clinical progress notes;  
		(3) prepare summaries of care.  

Authorities

18.05.040;47.32.010;47.32.030

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 12.334
7 AAC 12.600

Authority

AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030

History

Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/24/2007, Register 182