What are the Supervision Requirements for Physical Therapist Assistants?
Printer Friendly Version The supervision requirements are in Section 1398.44 of the Physical Therapy Regulations. Adequate Supervision Defined A licensed physical therapist shall at all times be responsible for all physical therapy services provided by the physical therapist assistant. The supervising physical therapist has continuing responsibility to follow the progress of each patient, provide direct care to the patient and to assure that the physical therapist assistant does not function autonomously.