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327.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Physical therapy" means the use of selected knowledge and skills in planning,
organizing, and directing programs for the care of individuals whose ability to
function is impaired or threatened by disease or injury, encompassing
preventive measures, screening, tests in aid of diagnosis by a licensed doctor
of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, chiropractic, or podiatry and evaluation and
invasive or noninvasive procedures with emphasis on the skeletal system,
neuromuscular and cardiopulmonary function, as it relates to physical therapy.
Physical therapy includes screening or evaluations performed to determine the
degree of impairment of relevant aspects, such as but not limited to nerve and
muscle function including subcutaneous bioelectrical potentials, motor
development, functional capacity, and respiratory or circulatory efficiency.
Physical therapy also includes physical therapy treatment performed upon
referral by a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, chiropractic, or
podiatry, including but not limited to exercises for increasing or restoring
strength, endurance, coordination and range of motion, stimuli to facilitate
motor activity and learning, instruction in activities of daily living, and the use of
assistive devices and the application of physical agents to relieve pain or alter
physiological status. The use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic or
therapeutic purposes, the use of electricity for surgical purposes, including
cauterization and colonic irrigations are not authorized under the term "physical
therapy" as used in this chapter;
(2) "Physical therapist" means a professional person who has met the educational
requirements of this chapter and who is licensed to practice physical therapy
pursuant to this chapter;
(3) "Board" means the Board of Physical Therapy established by KRS 327.030;
(4) "Referral" means the procedure by which a licensed doctor of medicine,
osteopathy, dentistry, chiropractic, or podiatry designates the initiation of
physical therapy treatment by a licensed physical therapist; and
(5) "Temporary permit" means a permit granted to an individual who has met all
requirements in Kentucky for license application by examination and has made
application for examination but who has not yet successfully completed the
board approved examination in this or another state.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 377, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts
ch. 115, sec. 1. -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1958.
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