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7 AAC 12.690. Physical therapy service. (a) A facility that provides physical therapy services must retain, as an employee or under contract as a consultant of the facility, a physical therapist licensed under AS 08.84. If treatment is to be rendered by a physical therapy assistant, the physical therapy assistant must be licensed under AS 08.84, and the treatment must be planned, delegated, and supervised by the physical therapist. (b) A physical therapist may evaluate a patient and establish a treatment program only upon written or verbal instructions from the treating physician. A treatment program and any modification to it must be approved by the referring physician. A physical therapist may accept a verbal order of a physician. (c) A physical therapist shall perform the following duties or, if one or more of these duties is delegated to a physical therapy assistant, the physical therapist shall ensure that the duties are properly performed:

(1) enter each treatment into the patient’s medical record;

(2) prepare clinical progress notes;

(3) prepare summaries of care. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 5/24/2007, Register 182) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 12.700. Social work service. (a) A facility that provides social work services must retain a social worker licensed under AS 08.95 as an employee or consultant of the facility. The social worker shall

(1) regularly assess the social service needs for each patient, resident, or client, implementing the plan of care to meet those needs, and reevaluating those needs as appropriate;

(2) link each patient, resident, or client and that individual’s family with applicable community resources as necessary to assist in meeting ongoing social, emotional, and economic needs;