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2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
461J. Physical Therapy Practice Act
- 461J-1 Definitions.
- 461J-2 Practice of physical therapy; qualifications.
- 461J-2.3 Physical therapist use of support or auxiliary personnel
- 461J-2.5 Prohibited practices. A physical therapist shall not use invasive procedures. For purposes of this section, an invasive procedure is the breaking or puncturing of a person's good skin integrity, for example, through surgery or injections. [L 1993, c 150, §1]
- 461J-3 Exemptions.
- 461J-4 Board of physical therapy; establishment, appointment, membership
- 461J-5 Powers and duties of board.
- 461J-6 Permanent licenses.
- 461J-7 Examination waiver.
- 461J-7.5 Physical therapist assistant license without necessity of examination
- 461J-8 License without necessity of examination or meeting the education requirement.
- 461J-9 Temporary license.
- 461J-10 Biennial renewal; failure to renew.
- 461J-10.1 Continuing competence
- 461J-10.11 Content standards of continuing competence.
- 461J-10.12 Continuing competence subject matter requirements and other limitations. For each renewal period, a licensee's continuing competence units shall include the following: (1) Two units in ethics, laws, and rules (jurisprudence), or some combination thereof; and (2) Four units in life support for health care professionals; provided that such training shall be comparable to, or more advanced than, the American Heart Association's basic life support health care provider course. [L 2013, c 35, pt of §1]
- 461J-10.13 Authorized providers of continuing competence units.
- 461J-10.14 Exemption from continuing competence requirements. (a) Prior to the expiration of a renewal period, a licensee may submit a written request to the board for an exemption from the continuing competence requirements in this chapter. (b) The request for an exemption shall include the following information: (1) Evidence that, during the two-year period prior to the expiration of the license, the licensee was residing in another country for one year or longer, reasonably preventing completion of the continuing competence requirements; (2) Evidence that, during the two-year period prior to the expiration of the license, the licensee was ill or disabled for one year or longer as documented by a licensed physician, surgeon, or clinical psychologist, preventing completion of the continuing competence requirements; or (3) Evidence that, during the two-year period prior to the expiration of the license, a dependent family member of the licensee was ill or disabled for one year or longer as documented by a licensed physician, surgeon, or clinical psychologist, preventing completion of the continuing competence requirements. (c) The above exemptions shall not be granted for more than one renewal period. In the event a licensee cannot complete the continuing competence requirements during the two-year period after receiving an exemption, the licensee may only renew the license on an inactive status. (d) When a licensee is absent from the State because of military service for a period of one year or longer during the two-year renewal period, preventing completion of the continuing competence requirement, the board may provide an exemption from the continuing competence requirement for more than one renewal period. [L 2013, c 35, pt of §1]
- 461J-10.15 Recordkeeping for continuing competence.
- 461J-11 REPEALED.
- 461J-12 Revocation, suspension, probation of license.
- 461J-12.5 Inactive status.
- 461J-13 Penalty.
Note
Physical therapist assistant surcharge. L 2013, c 220, 7.
Rules adoption no later than December 1, 2014; physical therapist assistants may practice without a license until November 30, 2014, or effective date of rules implementing license requirements, whichever occurs first. L 2013, c 220, 10.
Cross References
Sunset evaluations modified, see 26H-4 and 26H-5.
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