Position Statements

• Supervision and Documentation (Notes) - reviewed 09-02-20
• Business Entities / Corporate Information - reviewed 09-02-20
• Direct Access (includes spinal manipulation without referral) - reviewed 09-02-20
• EMG & Nerve Conduction Studies - reviewed 09-02-20
• Oversight of Home Health Aides by Physical Therapist - reviewed 09-02-20
• Performance of Finger Blood Specimens- reviewed 09-02-20
• Physical Therapist’s Role in Managing and Recording Medications - reviewed 09-02-20
• Physical Therapists Who Perform Massage - reviewed 09-02-20
• Use and Storage of Medications for Iontophoresis and Phonophoresis - reviewed 09-02-20
• Use of Clinical Designator, PT and PTA - updated 09-02-20
• Documentation - Discharge Summary - reviewed 09-02-20
• Removal of Sutures or Staples by a PT or PTA - reviewed 09-02-20
• Performance of soft tissue mobilization using biofeedback, electrical stimulation and internal pelvic floor muscle techniques vaginally or rectally by a PTA - reviewed 09-02-20
• Performance of Sharp Debridement by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed 09-02-20
• Performance of Mobilization by a Physical Therapist Assistant - reviewed 09-02-20
• Scope of Authority of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist with Functional Capacity Evaluations - reviewed 09-02-20
• Utilization of the Physical Therapist Assistant to Assist the Physical Therapist With Patient Screens - reviewed 09-02-20
• PT Aide – role in patient care and supervisory responsibility of the PT - reviewed 09-02-20
• Electronic Signatures - reviewed 09-02-20
• Vitamins, Nutritional Supplements, Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medications - updated 09-02-20