CLINICAL CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS OTHER
THAN PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS HOD
P06-02-26-49 (Program
65) [Initial HOD 06-01-28-28] [Position]
Physical
therapists and physical therapist assistants conducting clinical
continuing education courses are obligated to identify target audiences
and indicate in the printed, lecture, and advertising materials that
course content is not intended for use by participants outside the scope
of their license or regulation.
Furthermore,
they should make it clear when teaching elements of physical therapist
patient/client management that subsequent use of those elements is
physical therapy only when performed by a physical therapist or by a
physical therapist assistant under the direction and supervision of a
physical therapist, in accordance with Association policies, positions,
guidelines, standards, and the Code of Ethics.
In the interest
of public safety, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants
should not conduct clinical continuing education courses that teach
elements of physical therapist patient/client management to individuals
who are not licensed or otherwise regulated, except as they are involved
in a specific plan of care, and in accordance with Association policies,
positions, guidelines, standards, and the Code of
Ethics.
(Program 65 –
Professional Development, ext 3206)
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