SECTION 435:20-9-1. Definitions

  The following words and terms, when used in this SubChapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the content clearly indicates otherwise:

"Activities" means activities that a licensee participates in to either assess his/her competence or to develop competency. An activity is assigned a value toward meeting professional development requirements.

"APTA" means the American Physical Therapy Association.

"Asynchronous instruction" means instructional interaction whereby instructional delivery and learner participation occurs other than simultaneously, offering either a delayed opportunity or no opportunity for instructional feedback.

"Board" means the Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.

"Clinical practice" means physical therapy consultation or patient care or client management or the supervision thereof.

"Committee" means the Physical Therapy Advisory Committee.

"Compliance period" means the initial compliance period starting on February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024.

"Competence" means the application of knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to function effectively, safely, ethically and legally within the context of the patient/client's role and environment.

"Continuing competence" means the lifelong process of maintaining and documenting competence through ongoing self-assessment, development, and implementation of a personal learning plan, and subsequent reassessment.

"Continuing education" means those appropriate learning experiences physical therapists and physical therapist assistants undertake to expand their scope of knowledge beyond the basic preparation for the profession of physical therapy and these experiences should be referenced to one of four areas: administration, education, patient care, or research.

"Documentation" means evidence of completion of continuing education and competence activities.

"FSBPT" means the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy.

"IACET" means the International Association for Continuing Education and Training.

"Jurisprudence assessment" means an outline set of questions concerning the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Practice Act, Board rules, and Position Statement posted on the Board's website at www.okmedicalboard.org.

"Licensee" means a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant licensed in Oklahoma.

"OPTA" means the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association.

"Pre-approval" means the professional development experience has received approval prior to the end of the compliance period.

"Professional development" means the fusion of continuing competence and continuing education, which demonstrates and evidences a licensee's ability and knowledge to practice physical therapy consistent with the requirements of Oklahoma law and the standards of the physical therapy profession.

"Professional Development Unit or PDU" means one contact hour (60 minutes) of continuing education coursework or an approved PDU activity (detailed in section 435:20-9d)

"Provider" means an entity that has been approved by the Board to provide professional development activities for licensees as provided in the rules of this section.

"Synchronous instruction" means instructional interaction conducted in real time where the instructional delivery and learner participation occurs concurrently with an immediate opportunity for instructional feedback.

[Source: Added at 15 Ok Reg 43, eff 9-10-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 2026, eff 5-26-98; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 413, eff 12-8-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1313, eff 5-11-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2312, eff 6-28-02; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2998, eff 8-19-02 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 977, eff 5-21-03; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 2002, eff 9-11-20]