§461J-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Board" means the board of physical therapy.
"Competence" is the application of knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to function effectively, safely, ethically, and legally within the context of the individual's role and environment.
"Continuing competence" is the lifelong process of maintaining and documenting competence through ongoing self-assessment, development, and implementation of a personal learning plan, and subsequent reassessment.
"Educational institution" means public schools as defined under chapter 302A, privately operated schools of lower education, and colleges, the University of Hawaii, and other universities.
"Foreign-trained person" means a person who has completed an educational program or course of study in physical therapy in an institution located outside the United States.
"Physical therapist" means a person who is licensed to practice physical therapy in this State.
"Physical therapist assistant" means a person who is licensed as a physical therapist assistant in the State and assists the physical therapist in selected components of treatment or intervention.
"Physical therapy" or "physical therapy services" means the examination, treatment, and instruction of human beings to detect, assess, prevent, correct, alleviate, and limit physical disability, bodily malfunction, pain from injury, disease, and any other physical or mental condition as performed by a physical therapist appropriately licensed under this chapter. It includes but is not limited to:
"Practice of physical therapy" includes, but is not limited to, the use of the following:
"Unit" is a relative value assigned to continuing competence activities in which one continuing competence unit is equivalent to at least fifty minutes of classroom or hands-on instruction. [L 1985, c 276, pt of §1; am L 1986, c 140, §3; am L 1996, c 89, §16; am L 2013, c 35, §2 and c 220, §2]