NYS Physical Therapy:Practice Alerts

1. Referral for Physical Therapy Treatment
1A. Physical Therapy Referrals that are Directive as to Treatment
2. Length of Time a Referral is Valid
3. Referral Not Required for Physical Therapy Prevention
4. Supervision of Physical Therapist Assistant
5. Exceptions to Supervision Requirements for Physical Therapist Assistants
6. Practice of Physical Therapy Under a Limited Permit and Supervision of Permittees
7. Delegation of Tasks to a Person Licensed in Another Profession
8. Delegating Professional Tasks to Unlicensed Person
9. Advertising and Specialty Credentials
10. Competence to Practice as a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant
11. Mobilization and Manipulation by Physical Therapist Assistants
12. Medications/Iontophoresis/Phonophoresis
12A. Medication Reviews
13. Wound Care and Debridement by Physical Therapists
14. Practice of Alternative and Complementary Therapies by a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant
15. Recordkeeping
16. Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries
17. Payment and Physical Therapy
18. Insurance Billing
19. Professional Business Entities
20. Practice of Physical Therapy by General Business Corporations is Prohibited
21. Reporting Suspected Abuse and Neglect