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Board oregon Physical Therapy

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The Oregon Physical Therapy Association is one of the branches of the American Physical Therapy Association which represents approximately 100,000 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and national physical therapy students and more than 1,700 physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students in the country part of Oregon.

APTA seeks to improve health and also to improve the quality of life of individuals in the community by advancing physical therapist practices, education, and research, by increasing awareness and understanding of the role of physical therapy in the national health care system.

The mission of APTA - "Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve public health" - is about engaging and bringing together diverse perspectives to serve a shared transformative vision.

Benefits of Membership

As a physical therapist, you need resources that are ready to advance your career, follow the latest physical therapy practice strategies, get paid according to services, follow federal legislation, also to make a difference in your life. patient.

Oregon Physical Therapist Licensing Body Requirements

CE Requirements:

The PTs renewal cycle as well as the PTA takes place from April 1 every even year, until on the 31st of March the next year. A 24-month continuous competency certification period that lasts from April 1 every even year, until the next 31 March.

CE: 24 hours of continuous competency for PT. Effective with the current certification period dated 04/01/2014 - 03/31/2016, PTA now needs to have approximately 24 hours of continuous competence to renew their licenses for the license period starting April 1, 2016.

PT must meet only one-time pain management education requirements: seven hours of pain management education, including completion of a one-hour online pain management course sponsored and provided by the Oregon Pain Management Commission, plus an additional six hours of continuing education relative to pain evaluation, diagnosis or treatment. PTA is exempt from pain management education requirements.

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Temporary License Requirements / Availability

The board can issue a temporary license or permit in a satisfactory application and also the payment of the registration fee set by the board with the rules.

The Licensing Agency for Physical Therapists, can issue without a temporary permit examination to someone to practice as a physical therapist in this state if the person submits a permit application and pays to the board when applying for a temporary permit fee.

A person who holds a temporary permit can practice physical therapy only under the direction of a licensed physical therapist.

Someone with a temporary permit (issued because they graduated from a CAPTE accredited school in the U.S. state or territory and applied for a licensing exam for the first time or were a foreign-educated physical therapist who had graduating from a CAPTE accredited physical therapist program) must practice under supervision in place, which means that at any time the supervisor's therapist is in the same building and immediately available for consultation.

Someone who holds a temporary permit issued because they hold a current license to practice in another state or territory such as in the United States must practice under general supervision, which means that at any time a supervisor therapist must be prepared for consultation, both in person or through telecommunications.

Entries made in the patient's record by the temporary permit holder must be authorized by the permit holder and also by the supervisor therapist.

Temporary licenses will be granted for a period of approximately three months. The board can renew temporary permits at its discretion for an additional three months, but no longer.

Requirements for License

A license is required to practice physical therapy. Unless someone is a licensed physical therapist or has a permit issued by the board, someone may not:

Practice physical therapy

Use in connection with the person's name the words or letters, "PT", "RPT", "LPT", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist" or letters, words, abbreviations or badges indicating that the person is a physical therapist, or claimed to be a physical therapist.

Each physical therapist must show a copy of the physical therapist's license or verify the extension at this time in a location that is publicly accessible in the practice or physical therapist's work.

Extension requirements:

- All physical therapy assistant or physical therapy licenses expire on March 31 each calendar year, regardless of the initial issue date. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants must renew their licenses annually to practice effectively on April 1 each year. The license is considered apostate if the complete update application is stamped or received after March 31. A person whose license has lapsed must immediately stop practicing as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant and may not practice until the license is renewed.

- During the first week of January each year the Board will always send renewal applications to each physical therapist and physical therapy assistant licensed at the license holder's mailing address on the file with the Board.

- If the license renewal application that has been given a postmark or is actually received by the Board after March 31, the license holder will be subject to an invalid license extension.

- Licensed physical therapists must immediately complete the renewal application form provided by the Board and pay the annual renewal fee.

- Every licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant must complete the hours of continuing education on March 31 every even year.

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Board fee:

Physical Therapist or Physical Assistant Assistant Check Application Fee of $ 150.00, plus actual fees for

The board conducts a national background check.

A Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant will issue an Application Registration Fee of $ 150.00, plus the actual fees for the Board to conduct a national background check.

Physical Therapy Therapist Annual Fee Fee of $ 100.00, plus actual fees for the Board that conducts law enforcement background checks throughout the state. $ 50.00 Non-Applicable License Extension Fee for renewal applications that are postmarked or received by the Board after March 31.

Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant Temporary Permit Fee $ 50.00.

Duplicate License Fee of $ 25.00.

Physical Therapists or Physical Therapist Assistant Wall Certificate Fees $ 15.00.

Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant Permit Verification / Oregon Fee Form $ 25.00.

Supervision

A physical therapist's assistant must have direct supervision in place of a physical therapist or physical therapist's assistant and carry out routine tasks of prescribed and supervised physical therapy as determined by a physical therapist or assistant.

Students of Physical Therapy

A physical therapist can allow a student's physical therapist (SPT) to provide care that is consistent with the education, experience, and skills of each student.

At any time, the physical therapist must provide supervision at the SPT site that provides care to patients.

For the purposes of this rule "supervising a physical therapist" means the physical therapist responsible for patient care on the day of the SPT or SPTA providing care.

For the purposes of this regulation, "on-site supervision" means that at any time, the physical therapist is in the same building and is immediately available to provide direct direction, assistance, advice or instruction to students.

Documentation by physical therapists of SPT students must be validated on the same day by students and by a physical therapist guide.