NH PT Juris study plan
NH PT Juris · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
New Hampshire Physical Therapy Practice Act: definitions, scope of practice, and licensure requirements
Define each key statutory term in the New Hampshire Physical Therapy Practice Act in your own words, including physical therapy, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, and support personnel.
Map the full scope of practice boundaries by listing what a physical therapist may do independently versus what requires referral, supervision, or delegation.
Outline the licensure pathway end to end: education, examination, application, and initial license issuance.
Identify the statutory citations for definitions and scope so you can locate them quickly under exam pressure.
Your checkpoint
A one-page definitions and scope cheat sheet with statutory citations, self-quizzed to 90% accuracy.
New Hampshire Physical Therapy Practice Act: definitions, scope of practice, and licensure requirements
Compare licensure requirements for physical therapists versus physical therapist assistants, noting differences in education and examination.
Explain license renewal cycles, fees, and consequences of practicing on a lapsed license.
Describe licensure by endorsement or reciprocity and the conditions under which it applies.
Distinguish licensure from certification and registration, and explain why the distinction matters in New Hampshire.
Your checkpoint
A comparison table of PT versus PTA licensure requirements plus a 10-question self-test scored at 80% or better.
Standards of practice, supervision, and delegation to physical therapist assistants and support personnel
Define supervision levels (direct, general, and any statutory gradations) and match each to the correct clinical scenario.
Specify which tasks may be delegated to physical therapist assistants and which may not, citing the statute or rule.
Describe the supervising therapist's responsibilities for patient evaluation, plan of care, and re-evaluation when care is delegated.
Outline the rules governing delegation to unlicensed support personnel and the therapist's accountability for their actions.
Your checkpoint
A delegation decision flowchart covering PT, PTA, and support personnel with statutory citations at each branch.
Standards of practice, supervision, and delegation to physical therapist assistants and support personnel & Documentation, informed consent, patient rights, and confidentiality
Apply documentation standards to sample scenarios, including what must be recorded, timeliness, and authentication of entries.
Explain the elements of valid informed consent and identify when consent must be obtained and documented.
Describe patient rights provisions and confidentiality obligations, including permitted disclosures.
Draft compliant progress-note language for a delegated care scenario.
Your checkpoint
Two fully written sample progress notes (one PT, one PTA-supervised) that meet documentation and consent standards.
Direct access, patient examination, and referral requirements
Explain the direct access rules: what treatment a physical therapist may provide without referral and any time or visit limits.
Identify the conditions or presentations that require referral to another provider before or during care.
Describe examination requirements, including history, systems review, and tests and measures expected before intervention.
Outline when and how to communicate with referring providers and document that communication.
Your checkpoint
A decision tree for direct access versus required referral, tested against five written patient vignettes.
Professional conduct, ethics, boundary issues, and mandatory reporting
Distinguish professional conduct violations from ethical lapses and give a concrete example of each.
Identify boundary issues in patient-therapist relationships and the standards for avoiding them.
List mandatory reporting obligations, including who must report, what triggers a report, and to whom.
Explain the therapist's duty when witnessing impaired or incompetent practice by a colleague.
Your checkpoint
A mandatory reporting quick-reference card plus five boundary vignettes with correct actions written out.
Regulatory board structure, complaint process, disciplinary actions, and continuing competence
Describe the composition and authority of the regulatory board, including appointment and terms.
Trace the complaint process from filing through investigation, hearing, and disposition.
Categorize disciplinary actions available to the board and the conduct that typically triggers each.
Outline continuing competence requirements, including reporting cycles and acceptable activities.
Your checkpoint
A one-page complaint-to-disposition timeline with disciplinary action categories and continuing competence requirements.
New Hampshire Physical Therapy Practice Act: definitions, scope of practice, and licensure requirements & Standards of practice, supervision, and delegation to physical therapist assistants and support personnel & Direct access, patient examination, and referral requirements & Documentation, informed consent, patient rights, and confidentiality & Professional conduct, ethics, boundary issues, and mandatory reporting & Regulatory board structure, complaint process, disciplinary actions, and continuing competence
Synthesize all domains into a single integrated review, weighting Domain 1 and Domain 2 most heavily.
Complete timed practice sets under exam conditions and review every missed item against the statute.
Re-drill weak areas identified in earlier weeks using your own notes and cheat sheets.
Verify recall of key citations, definitions, and time limits without notes.
Your checkpoint
A full timed mock exam with a written error log and a targeted remediation list for any domain scoring below 75%.
Milestones
Week 2: Score 80% or higher on a self-made 20-question quiz covering Domain 1 definitions, scope, and licensure without consulting notes.
Week 4: Produce compliant documentation and delegation artifacts for two scenarios and correctly classify supervision level in at least 4 of 5 practice cases.
Week 6: Correctly resolve all five boundary vignettes and recite the mandatory reporting triggers and recipients from memory.
Week 8: Achieve 75% or higher overall on the timed mock exam with no domain below 70%, and complete the error log.