N.H. Admin. Code § Phy 404.03

Current through Register No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section Phy 404.03 - Supervisors

(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.

N.H. Admin. Code § Phy 404.03

#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.