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Sep 20, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA's Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education is the one agency for accreditation of physical therapy education programs.
Learn how to stay in compliance with Medicare while providing supervision to students, PTAs, and physical therapy aides.
Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA supports efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion to better serve the association, the profession, and society.
Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Consumer Protection Through Licensure of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants.
Jan 31, 2018/Article
There are many elements of documentation that need consideration; one of the most important is clinical setting.
Aug 30, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: In providing physical therapy services, the physical therapist is accountable first and foremost to the individual receiving physical therapy.
House position: Physical therapists have the responsibility to practice autonomously in all settings, practice environments, and employment relationships.
House position: The American Physical Therapy Association supports the collaborative relationships of physical therapists and veterinarians and the evolution of specialized practice by physical therapists who are addressing the rehabilitation needs of animals.
House position: Physical therapist management may prevent the need for or reduce the use of medications. Physical therapist management includes counseling patients and clients on the need for, and the benefits and risks of, medication, and supplements.
House position: APTA recognizes that inappropriate or indiscriminate use of physical and chemical restraints across the life span is harmful to the quality of life of patients and clients.
