- (a) Regardless of the practice setting, a licensed physical therapist is solely responsible for the treatment and management of all aspects of physical therapy care of the patient.
- (b) A licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant may use non-licensed personnel in the delivery of patient-related duties and non-patient related duties. Patient-related duties performed by non-licensed personnel are not considered the practice of physical therapy.
- (c) A licensed physical therapist shall assure the training of non-licensed personnel under the supervision of the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, and shall document that training.
- (d) A supervising physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall provide continual on-site supervision of non-licensed personnel who are performing patient-related duties.
(Eff. 9/26/91, Register 119; am 4/16/2004, Register 170; am 6/10/2010, Register 194; am 3/27/2024, Register 249)
Authority: AS 08.84.010