OAR 848-040-0145: Standards For Providing Treatment

(1) A licensee shall not permit an aide to administer a task that is prohibited under OAR 848-020-0060, and shall not permit an aide to administer a non-prohibited procedure or modality to a patient unless a licensee has previously administered that procedure or modality to the patient. (2) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall perform, or attempt to perform physical therapy interventions only when competent in that intervention. (3) Except as provided in OAR 848-015-0020(6), a physical therapist assistant shall not continue to provide treatment to a patient unless a patient has been reexamined by a physical therapist as required by 848-040-0155. However, a physical therapist assistant may provide treatment on the day a reexamination is required, so long as during that treatment day a physical therapist reexamines the patient. (4) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall provide treatment in accordance with the provisions of OAR 848-040-0105. (5) At all times there shall be a physical therapist supervising the treatment provided by a physical therapist assistant as provided in OAR 848-015-0020(2) or an aide as provided in 848-020-0000(5). "Supervising physical therapist" means either the last physical therapist to see the patient, or the physical therapist designated as in-charge of the patient on the day the patient is being treated.