South Carolina Code 40-45-520. Definitions
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Adverse action: means disciplinary action taken by a physical therapy licensing board based upon misconduct, unacceptable performance, or a combination of both. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Board: means the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
- Commission: means the national administrative body whose membership consists of all states that have enacted the compact. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Compact privilege: means the authorization granted by a remote state to allow a licensee from another member state to practice as a physical therapist or work as a physical therapist assistant in the remote state under its laws and rules. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Home state: means the member state that is the licensee's primary state of residence. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Licensee: means an individual who currently holds an authorization from the state to practice as a physical therapist or to work as a physical therapist assistant. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- licensing board: means the agency of a state that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Member state: means a state that has enacted the compact. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Physical therapist: means an individual who is licensed by a state to practice physical therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- Physical therapist assistant: means an individual who is licensed/certified by a state and who assists the physical therapist in selected components of physical therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- physical therapy: as used in this chapter , and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a physical therapist to prescribe medications or order laboratory or other medical tests. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
- practice of physical therapy: means the evaluation and treatment of human beings to detect, assess, prevent, correct, alleviate, and limit physical disability, bodily malfunction, and pain from injury, disease, and any other bodily or mental condition and includes the administration, interpretation, documentation, and evaluation of physical therapy tests and measurements of bodily functions and structures; the establishment, administration, evaluation, and modification of a physical therapy treatment plan which includes the use of physical, chemical, or mechanical agents, activities, instruction, and devices for prevention and therapeutic purposes; and the provision of consultation and educational and other advisory services for the purpose of preventing or reducing the incidence and severity of physical disability, bodily malfunction, and pain. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
- Remote state: means a member state other than the home state, where a licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the compact privilege. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
- State: means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that regulates the practice of physical therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-45-520
(2) "Adverse action" means disciplinary action taken by a physical therapy licensing board based upon misconduct, unacceptable performance, or a combination of both.
(3) "Alternative program" means a nondisciplinary monitoring or practice remediation process approved by a physical therapy licensing board. This includes, but is not limited to, substance abuse issues.
(4) "Compact privilege" means the authorization granted by a remote state to allow a licensee from another member state to practice as a physical therapist or work as a physical therapist assistant in the remote state under its laws and rules. The practice of physical therapy occurs in the member state where the patient/client is located at the time of the patient/client encounter.
(5) "Continuing competence" means a requirement, as a condition of license renewal, to provide evidence of participation in, and/or completion of, educational and professional activities relevant to practice or area of work.
(6) "Data system" means a repository of information about licensees, including examination, licensure, investigative, compact privilege, and adverse action.
(7) "Encumbered license" means a license that a physical therapy licensing board has limited in any way.
(8) "Executive board" means a group of directors elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the commission.
(9) "Home state" means the member state that is the licensee’s primary state of residence.
(10) "Investigative information" means information, records, and documents received or generated by a physical therapy licensing board pursuant to an investigation.
(11) "Jurisprudence requirement" means the assessment of an individual’s knowledge of the laws and rules governing the practice of physical therapy in a state.
(12) "Licensee" means an individual who currently holds an authorization from the state to practice as a physical therapist or to work as a physical therapist assistant.
(13) "Member state" means a state that has enacted the compact.
(14) "Party state" means any member state in which a licensee holds a current license or compact privilege or is applying for a license or compact privilege.
(15) "Physical therapist" means an individual who is licensed by a state to practice physical therapy.
(16) "Physical therapist assistant" means an individual who is licensed/certified by a state and who assists the physical therapist in selected components of physical therapy.
(17) "Physical therapy", "physical therapy practice", and "the practice of physical therapy" mean the care and services provided by or under the direction and supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
(18) "Physical Therapy Compact Commission" or "Commission" means the national administrative body whose membership consists of all states that have enacted the compact.
(19) "Physical therapy licensing board" or "licensing board" means the agency of a state that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.
(20) "Remote state" means a member state other than the home state, where a licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the compact privilege.
(21) "Rule" means a regulation, principle, or directive promulgated by the commission that has the force of law.
(22) "State" means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that regulates the practice of physical therapy.