{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-11-105","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-11-105","heading":"Supervision of physical therapist assistant, physical therapy aide, physical therapy student, or physical therapist assistant student.","body":"(1) A physical therapist assistant shall practice under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist who is responsible for and participates in a patient's care. This supervision requires the licensed physical therapist to make an onsite visit or a visit by means of telehealth to the client at least once for every eight visits made by the assistant or once every 30 days, whichever occurs first.\n(2) A licensed physical therapist may not concurrently supervise more than two full-time assistants or the equivalent. This supervision does not require the presence of the assistant.\n(3) A physical therapy aide shall practice under the onsite supervision of a licensed physical therapist or a licensed assistant. A licensed assistant may not concurrently supervise more than one full-time aide or the equivalent. A licensed physical therapist may not concurrently supervise more than four aides or the equivalent or two assistants and two aides or the equivalent.\n(4) A physical therapy student or physical therapist assistant student shall practice with the onsite supervision of a licensed physical therapist.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 11. PHYSICAL THERAPY","Part 1. General"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0110/part_0010/section_0050/0370-0110-0010-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:49Z","sha256":"89e653a89b3764515505f157d6a13c68f5ac8d100e33f63b12b8e0408b32e958","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-11-104","next":"us-mt/37-11-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}