Authority: IC 25-27-1-5

Affected: IC 25-1-9

Sec. 1. For purposes of the standards of professional conduct and competent practice of physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist assistant, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) "Practitioner" means a person holding a license to practice physical therapy; a person holding a certificate to practice as a physical therapist assistant; or a person holding a temporary permit issued by the board.
2. (2) "Professional incompetence" may include, but is not limited to, a pattern or course of repeated conduct by a practitioner demonstrating a failure to exercise such reasonable care and diligence as is ordinarily exercised by practitioners in the same or similar circumstances in the same or similar locality.

(Indiana Board of Physical Therapy; 842 IAC 1-6-1; filed Oct 3, 1988, 2:36 p.m.: 12 IR 386; readopted filed Nov 9, 2001, 3:16 p.m.: 25 IR 1325; readopted filed Oct 4, 2007, 3:35 p.m.: 20071031-IR-844070051RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:24 a.m.: 20131225-IR-844130307RFA; readopted filed Nov 22, 2016, 12:11 p.m.: 20161221-IR-844160317RFA; readopted filed May 26, 2022, 9:18 a.m.: 20220622-IR-842220117RFA; filed Mar 23, 2023, 1:38 p.m.: 20230419-IR-842220353FRA; readopted filed Feb 15, 2024, 1:29 p.m.: 20240313-IR-842230774RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana (844 IAC 6-7-1) to the Indiana Board of Physical Therapy (842 IAC 1-6-1) by P.L.160-2019, SECTION 31, effective July 1, 2019.