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Ethics and Professional Responsibility for PTs and PTAs - 3 Hours

Tracking # 20-703593

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What you'll learn

Upon completion of this course, the attendee will be able:

  1. Discuss and explain the ethical and legal concepts important to the profession of physical therapy.
  2. Recognize the difference between ethics and the law and articulate the basis and sources of law in the United States.
  3. Distinguish between civil and criminal law as they apply to physical therapy.
  4. Interpret the American Physical Therapy Association’s Code of Ethics and Guide for Professional Conduct of Physical Therapists.
  5. Explain the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guide for Conduct of Physical Therapist Assistants and Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant.
  6. Apply ethical and legal standards to the practice of physical therapy.

Course overview

The purpose of this course is to provide physical therapists and physical therapist assistants with a theoretical basis for ethical decision-making and knowledge in the Code of Ethics and Guide for Professional Conduct of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), legal standards of behavior, and application of ethical and legal standards to real-life situations.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Category A activity related to nonclinical coursework

Physical Therapy Assistant

3h Category A activity related to nonclinical coursework

Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h General

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h General

Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice

Physical Therapist

3h General

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h General

Georgia State Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Physical Therapy Continuing Education

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h Physical Therapy Continuing Education

Kansas Board of Healing Arts - Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h CE Related to the Practice of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h CE Related to the Practice of Physical Therapy

Michigan Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Approved General PDR

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h Approved General PDR

Physical Therapist Assistant Special Volunteer

3h Approved General PDR

Physical Therapist Special Volunteer

3h Approved General PDR

Mississippi State Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h CE/CCU related to ethics, professionalism, or jurisprudence

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h CE/CCU related to ethics, professionalism, or jurisprudence

North Dakota Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Continuing competence directly related to physical therapy

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h Continuing competence directly related to physical therapy

Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision - Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Ethics

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h Ethics

South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Ethics, professionalism and/or SC Jurisprudence

Physical Therapy Assistant

3h Ethics, professionalism and/or SC Jurisprudence

US Virgin Islands Board of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist

3h Category A CCUs

Physical Therapist Assistant

3h Category A CCUs

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Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the attendee will be able to:

  1. Discuss and explain the ethical and legal concepts important to the profession of physical therapy.
  2. Recognize the difference between ethics and the law and articulate the basis and sources of law in the United States.
  3. Distinguish between civil and criminal law as they apply to physical therapy.
  4. Interpret the American Physical Therapy Association’s Code of Ethics and Guide for Professional Conduct of Physical Therapists.
  5. Explain the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guide for Conduct of Physical Therapist Assistants and Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant.
  6. Apply ethical and legal standards to the practice of physical therapy.

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NOTE: This course DOES NOT fulfill the Georgia Board of Physical Therapy's requirement of 4 hours of Ethics and Jurisprudence Requirements.

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