Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 54 - State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board
Article 4 - Physical Therapy Standards of Practice
12 AAC 54.520 - Supervision of non-licensed personnel

(a) Regardless of the practice setting, a licensed physical therapist is solely responsible for the treatment and management of all aspects of physical therapy care of the patient.

(b) A licensed physical therapist or physical therapy assistant may use non-licensed personnel in the delivery of patient-related duties and non-patient related duties. Patient-related duties performed by non-licensed personnel are not considered the practice of physical therapy.

(c) A licensed physical therapist shall assure the training of non-licensed personnel under the supervision of the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, and shall document that training.

(d) A supervising physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall provide continual on-site supervision of non-licensed personnel who are performing patient-related duties.