Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 110 - PHYSICAL THERAPY
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16-110-5 - Duties of support or auxiliary personnel

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-110-5

Current through August, 2024

Support or auxiliary personnel may perform the following treatment or intervention components that they are qualified to perform and as delegated by the supervising physical therapist:

(1) A physical therapist assistant, a temporary physical therapist licensee and physical therapy student may perform:

(A) Coordination, communication, and documentation;

(B) Patient-related instruction;

(C) Procedural interactions including but not limited to:
(i) Therapeutic exercise;

(ii) Functional training in self-care and home management, including activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living;

(iii) Functional training in work, including school and play, community and leisure integration or reintegration, including instrumental activities of daily living, work hardening, and work conditioning;

(iv) Prescription, application, and, as appropriate, fabrication of devices, and assistive, adaptive, orthotic, protective, supportive, and prosthetic equipment;

(v) Airway clearance techniques;

(vi) Integumentary repair and protection techniques;

(vii) Electrotherapeutic modalities;

(viii) Physical agents; and

(ix) Mechanical modalities;

(2) A physical therapist assistant may perform manual therapy, excluding thrust joint mobilization and spinal and peripheral joint mobilization or manipulation; and

(3) A temporary physical therapist licensee and a physical therapy student may perform manual therapy techniques, including mobilization or manipulation.

The amended version of this Section by Hawaii Administrative Rules Listing of Filings, 2015-01, February, eff.2/28/2015 is not yet available.

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