Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Physical Therapy Practice Act

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Approved educational program: means a program for the education and training of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants approved by the board pursuant to section 38-2926. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2904
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Board: means the Board of Physical Therapy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2905
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Direct supervision means supervision in which the supervising practitioner is physically present and immediately available and does not: include supervision provided by means of telecommunication. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2906
• Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Evaluation: means the process of making clinical judgments based on data gathered from examination of a patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2907
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• General supervision means supervision either onsite or by: means of telecommunication. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2908
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Magistrate: shall include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Mobilization or manual therapy: means a group of techniques comprising a continuum of skilled passive movements to the joints or related soft tissues, or both, throughout the normal physiological range of motion that are applied at varying speeds and amplitudes, without limitation. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2910
• Non-treatment-related tasks: means clerical, housekeeping, facility maintenance, or patient transportation services related to the practice of physical therapy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2911
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Physical therapist: means a person licensed to practice physical therapy under the Physical Therapy Practice Act. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2912
• Physical therapist assistant: means a person certified as a physical therapist assistant under the Physical Therapy Practice Act. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2913
• Physical therapy aide: means a person who is trained under the direction of a physical therapist and who performs treatment-related and non-treatment-related tasks. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2915
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Student: means a person enrolled in an approved educational program. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2916
• Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Testing: means standard methods and techniques used to gather data about a patient. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2917
• Treatment-related tasks: means activities related to the practice of physical therapy that do not require the clinical decisionmaking of a physical therapist or the clinical problem solving of a physical therapist assistant. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2918
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801