New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Phy - Governing Board of Physical Therapists
Chapter Phy 400 - CONTINUED STATUS
Part Phy 404 - CONDITIONALLY REINSTATED LICENSES
Section Phy 404.03 - Supervisors

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Phy 404.03

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) The practice of a licensee holding a conditionally reinstated license shall be supervised by at least one physical therapist currently licensed in New Hampshire who:

(1) Has been practicing clinically for a period of at least one year;

(2) Is a non-probationary employee not under disciplinary investigation or pending disciplinary charges and has not had disciplinary action taken against him or her in any state within the past 5 years;

(3) Is located in the facility where supervision is to take place; and

(4) Is not related in any of the following ways to the conditionally reinstated licensee to be supervised:
a. Spouse or civil union partner;

b. Parent, step-parent, parent-in-law or step-parent-in-law;

c. Natural, foster or adopted child or stepchild; or

d. Sibling, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

(b) A physical therapist supervising a conditionally reinstated licensee shall share supervisory duties only with a physical therapist assistant meeting the standards in (a) above.

(c) A physical therapist supervising a conditionally reinstated licensee shall delegate supervisory duties only:

(1) To a physical therapist currently licensed in New Hampshire or a physical therapist assistant currently licensed in New Hampshire who meets the standards in (a)(1) through (a)(3) above;

(2) When the physical therapist believes based on knowledge about the delegate that the delegate is competent to carry out the duties being delegated; and

(3) When the proposed delegate voluntarily accepts the duties.

(d) If, as a result of the sharing or the delegation of supervisory duties, there is more than one individual supervising a conditionally reinstated licensee at any one time:

(1) A single physical therapist shall bear responsibility for compliance with Phy 404; and

(2) Complete and sign the supervision form described in Phy 404.05.

(e) If, as a result of the sharing or the delegation of supervisory duties, there was more than one individual supervising a conditionally reinstated licensee during the licensee's period of supervision, the physical therapist most recently supervising the conditionally reinstated licensee shall sign the supervisory approval letter described in Phy 404.07.

#9431, eff 3-19-09; ss by #10402, eff 8-23-13

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 37, Number 06, eff. 1/20/2017 is not yet available.

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