2006 Ohio Revised Code - 4755.40. Definitions.
As used in sections 4755.40 to 4755.56 and 4755.99 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Physical therapy" means the evaluation and treatment of a person by physical measures and the use of therapeutic exercises and rehabilitative procedures, with or without assistive devices, for the purpose of preventing, correcting, or alleviating any disability. If performed by a person who is adequately trained, physical therapy includes the design, fabrication, revision, education, and instruction in the use of various assistive devices including braces, splints, ambulatory or locomotion devices, wheelchairs, prosthetics, and orthotics. Physical therapy includes the administration of topical drugs that have been prescribed by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. Physical therapy also includes the establishment and modification of physical therapy programs, treatment planning, instruction, and consultative services. Physical measures include massage, heat, cold, air, light, water, electricity, sound, and the performance of tests of neuromuscular function as an aid to such treatment. Physical therapy does not include the medical diagnosis of a patient's disability, the use of Roentgen rays or radium for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, or the use of electricity for cauterization or other surgical purposes. Physical therapy includes physiotherapy.
(B) "Physical therapist" means a person who practices or teaches physical therapy and includes physiotherapist.
(C) "Physical therapist assistant" means a person who assists in the provision of physical therapy treatments under the supervision of a physical therapist, or teaches physical therapy under the supervision of a physical therapist, and includes physical therapy assistant.
(D) "Supervision" means the availability and responsibility of the supervisor for direction of the actions of the person supervised.
HISTORY: 137 v H 209 (Eff 11-21-77); 143 v H 478 (Eff 3-27-91); 147 v H 215 (Eff 6-30-97); 148 v S 238 (Eff 10-27-2000); 148 v H 585. Eff 4-10-2001; 150 v S 35, § 1, eff. 5-4-04.
Effect of Amendments
S.B. 35, Acts 2004, effective May 4, 2004, inserted "medical" in the next to last sentence of (A).
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