Florida Jurisprudence Exam 2023 Questions and Answers

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Florida Jurisprudence Exam 2023 Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) 1.Legislative intent of the physical therapy board ANS Is to ensure every PT practitioner practicing in the state meets minimum requirements for safe practice 2.Is the intent that persons desiring to engage in any lawful profession ANS can and are entitled to do so if qualified 3.Professions should be regulated only ANS The preservation of health, safety, welfare of the public.

4.Professions shall be regulated when ANS Unregulated practice may cause harm to the public and that potential for harm outweighs the impact of regulation.

5.Neither of the department nor the board may ANS Unreasonably restrict or deter qualified people from licensure or competition/create 1 / 3

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regulation that affects job creation or retention unreasonably.

6.Policies made should be ANS Cost effective, maximize competition, minimize li- censure costs, maximize public access to meetings.

7.Unless expressly specifically granted in statute, duties do not include ANS - Change to the scope of physical therapy practice.

8."Practice of physical therapy" ANS The performance and physical therapy assess- ments and treatment of any disability, injury, disease, or other health condition of humans or prevention of such.

9.Physical therapist treat by use of ANS Physical, chemical, other air properties, exercise, massage, acupuncture only by board of med compliance with no skin penetration, UV, visible, infrared rays, ultrasound, water, neuromuscular test only when following the board of medicine.

10.If physical therapist may implement a plan of treatment provided ANS A prac- titioner of record or advanced practice RN. 2 / 3

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11.A PT shall refer to our consult with a practitioner of record if ANS The condition is outside the scope of practice.

12.If PT treatment required beyond 30 days and not previously assessed by a practitioner of record ANS The PT must have plan of care signed by practitioner record.

13.The PT does not need to have a plan of care signed within 30 days when ANS The patient has been physically examined by a doctor in a different state, the patient has been diagnosed by physician is having a condition needing PT, and the PT is treating that condition.

14.The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnosis is ANS Not within the PT scope of practice.

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