Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants practice in an environment that requires understanding and compliance with local, state, and federal laws and health care regulations. This course provides participants with a general framework for laws and guidelines pertaining to physical therapy practice in South Carolina with specific attention to fraud, waste, and abuse, defensible documentation, and supervision of the PTA.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will define fraud, waste and abuse.

2. Participants will describe the 5 laws related to fraud, waste, and abuse.

3. Participants will review PTA supervision under SC law.

4. Participants will review documentation requirements under SC law.

Course Instructions

1. Click on the Contents tab to watch the course recording.
2. Click the Take Quiz button to complete the assessment. Learners will have 3 attempts to pass and must answer at least 70% of questions correctly.
3. Click Fill Out Survey under the Evaluation listing to provide valuable course feedback. Scroll down on all questions as there may be answer options that expand past the size of the window.
4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

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