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Oklahoma Physical Therapy Jurisprudence Practice Test

Practice the Oklahoma Practice Act and Board rules the renewal exam is drawn from, each answer with its section.

Of the four people an Oklahoma therapist may supervise, how many may be physical therapist assistants?

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The real exam, as the State's rule describes it

Who takes it
Each physical therapist and physical therapist assistant, in order to renew a license.
What it covers
The Oklahoma Physical Therapy Practice Act and the related Oklahoma Administrative Code.
Prepared by
The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
When
Licenses expire January 31 each year and are renewed during January.

Checked October 14, 2026 against OAC 435:20-3-6 in the Board's copy of its rules, effective September 14, 2023, and 59 O.S. 887.12. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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All 95 questions

Definitions 8

  • How do the Oklahoma rules describe a physical therapy aide? OAC 435:20-1-1.1
  • How may physical therapy services be provided under Oklahoma's definition of the practice? 59 O.S. § 887.2
  • In the Oklahoma rules, who is the "Physical Therapist of Record"? OAC 435:20-1-1.1
  • Under Oklahoma's "general supervision", how often must the supervising therapist co-treat with each physical therapist assistant? OAC 435:20-1-1.1
  • What does "immediate supervision" mean in the Oklahoma rules? OAC 435:20-1-1.1
  • Where are the co-treatments of Oklahoma's general supervision documented? OAC 435:20-1-1.1
  • Which of these is not authorized under the term "physical therapy" in 59 O.S. § 887.2? 59 O.S. § 887.2
  • Who is "the Board" in Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Practice Act? 59 O.S. § 887.2
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The Board and the Physical Therapy Committee 10

  • How long is a regular term on Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee? 59 O.S. § 887.4
  • How many members of Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee make a quorum? OAC 435:20-1-3
  • How many members sit on Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee? 59 O.S. § 887.4
  • To whom does the Oklahoma Board report an act that may be a misdemeanor under the Practice Act? 59 O.S. § 887.5
  • What is the makeup of Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee? 59 O.S. § 887.4
  • What limit does 59 O.S. § 887.5 put on criminal history reports the Board obtains? 59 O.S. § 887.5
  • When does Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee elect its chair and vice-chair? OAC 435:20-1-3
  • Which of these is a duty of the Physical Therapy Committee under 59 O.S. § 887.4? 59 O.S. § 887.4
  • Who appoints the members of Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee? 59 O.S. § 887.4
  • Who may not serve as the lay member of Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Committee? 59 O.S. § 887.4

Licensure, renewal and re-entry 20

  • After a first failure, how many more times may an Oklahoma applicant test without re-applying? OAC 435:20-3-5
  • After how many years without renewing must an Oklahoma therapist meet the requirements for an original license? 59 O.S. § 887.12
  • An Oklahoma applicant fails the licensing examination a second time. What follows? OAC 435:20-3-5
  • Besides the application, the fee and continuing education, what must an Oklahoma licensee complete to renew? OAC 435:20-3-6
  • Does the Oklahoma Board treat licensure by agreement as disciplinary action? OAC 435:20-3-7
  • For how long at most may an Oklahoma temporary permit for a medical emergency or special project run? 59 O.S. § 887.10
  • For how long may Oklahoma grant a temporary license to an out-of-state licensee who comes to teach continuing education? OAC 435:20-3-4
  • For re-entry after a lapse, how much supervised work may Oklahoma require for each year the license was lapsed? OAC 435:20-3-6
  • How does an Oklahoma therapist in emeritus status show that status after the letters PT? OAC 435:20-5-7
  • How long may an interim permit for a foreign-educated applicant run in Oklahoma? 59 O.S. § 887.6
  • How long must an approved Oklahoma program for physical therapist assistants run at the least? 59 O.S. § 887.6
  • How often must licensing examinations be held within Oklahoma under 59 O.S. § 887.6? 59 O.S. § 887.6
  • The Oklahoma Board may waive a foreign-educated applicant's supervised clinical practice period on proof of what? 59 O.S. § 887.6
  • On what date do all Oklahoma physical therapy licenses expire? 59 O.S. § 887.12
  • What follows a failure to renew an Oklahoma license three months after notification? 59 O.S. § 887.12
  • What happens after a third failed examination under the Oklahoma rule? OAC 435:20-3-5
  • What scaled score passes the national examination under the Oklahoma rule? OAC 435:20-3-5
  • What supervision does an Oklahoma interim permit holder practice under? 59 O.S. § 887.6
  • When does an Oklahoma temporary permit held by a first-time examination applicant expire? 59 O.S. § 887.10
  • Within how many days of written notice of eligibility must an Oklahoma applicant take the licensing examination? OAC 435:20-3-5

Practice: referral, telehealth and titles 14

  • A patient is physically in Oklahoma for a telehealth visit. What license must the therapist hold? OAC 435:20-5-11
  • Appropriate improvement has not been made. By what point must an Oklahoma therapist consult or refer back to the referrer? OAC 435:20-5-10
  • For children served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, an Oklahoma therapist's plan of care is deemed to be what? 59 O.S. § 887.17
  • For how long may an Oklahoma physical therapist evaluate and treat a patient without a referral? 59 O.S. § 887.17
  • How may a recent Oklahoma graduate who has filed for the examination work before licensure? OAC 435:20-5-2
  • How must physical therapy by telehealth be delivered under the Oklahoma rule? OAC 435:20-5-11
  • How soon must the referring professional be told that an Oklahoma therapist extended or reinstituted treatment? OAC 435:20-5-10
  • What may an Oklahoma physical therapist not make under OAC 435:20-5-10? OAC 435:20-5-10
  • What must an Oklahoma licensee display in the primary place of practice? OAC 435:20-5-1
  • Which claims fall outside Oklahoma's 30 days of treatment without a referral? 59 O.S. § 887.17
  • Which letters may a licensed Oklahoma physical therapist assistant use? OAC 435:20-5-4
  • Which Oklahoma service needs no physician referral under 59 O.S. § 887.17? 59 O.S. § 887.17
  • Who may use the letters D.P.T. under 59 O.S. § 887.14? 59 O.S. § 887.14
  • With a referral in hand, for how long may an Oklahoma therapist extend or reinstitute treatment unless the referrer asks for longer? OAC 435:20-5-10

Supervision of assistants and aides 16

  • Does Oklahoma's limit of four supervised personnel count each workplace separately? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • For how long may an Oklahoma therapist hand supervision of assistants to an alternate supervising therapist without a new Form #5? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • How many licensed personnel or applicants in all may one Oklahoma physical therapist supervise? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • How often is Oklahoma's Form #5, Verification of Supervision, completed for each practice setting? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • How often must case consultation be documented in an Oklahoma acute care or outpatient setting? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • In an Oklahoma outpatient setting, how often at the least must the therapist of record re-examine the patient? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • In Oklahoma home health, how often at the least must the therapist of record re-examine the patient? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • May an Oklahoma physical therapist on probation supervise physical therapist assistants? OAC 435:20-5-6
  • Must the supervising therapist co-sign an Oklahoma physical therapist assistant's documentation of care? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Of the four people an Oklahoma therapist may supervise, how many may be physical therapist assistants? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • When may an Oklahoma physical therapist assistant file discharge documents for the permanent record? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Which may an Oklahoma physical therapist assistant not do? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Who is responsible for completing Oklahoma's Form #5? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Who may supervise a physical therapist assistant in Oklahoma? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Who may supervise a physical therapy aide in Oklahoma? OAC 435:20-7-1
  • Whom does an Oklahoma therapist petition for permission to supervise additional assistants? OAC 435:20-7-1

Professional development 16

  • An Oklahoma licensee is picked for a professional development audit. How long is there to submit proof? OAC 435:20-9-4
  • An Oklahoma licensee was short of units at renewal. How many must be earned in the next compliance period? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • How long must an Oklahoma licensee keep proof of professional development? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • How many approved contact hours must an Oklahoma physical therapist assistant show every two years? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • How many approved contact hours must an Oklahoma physical therapist show every two years? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • How many hours of direct supervision of students earn an Oklahoma clinical instructor one PDU? OAC 435:20-9-3
  • How many of Oklahoma's required hours must contain ethics education? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • How much credit does an Oklahoma licensee earn for the first presentation of an original program to peers? OAC 435:20-9-3
  • How much of Oklahoma's required professional development must be coursework? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • May Oklahoma professional development hours be carried over to the next compliance period? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • What does misrepresenting compliance with Oklahoma's professional development requirements constitute? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • What is the least an Oklahoma study group needs to earn professional development credit? OAC 435:20-9-3
  • What must a non-interactive recorded course include to count in Oklahoma? OAC 435:20-9-3
  • Which earns no professional development credit under OAC 435:20-9-3? OAC 435:20-9-3
  • Who is exempt from Oklahoma's professional development requirement for a first renewal period? OAC 435:20-9-2
  • Working fewer than how many hours a year lets an Oklahoma licensee ask for a lesser requirement? OAC 435:20-9-3

Discipline and unlawful practice 11

  • An Oklahoma therapist knowingly lets others commit the listed unprofessional conduct. What does OAC 435:20-5-8 take away? OAC 435:20-5-8
  • For how long at most may an Oklahoma license be suspended under 59 O.S. § 887.16? 59 O.S. § 887.16
  • How does the Oklahoma rule treat a failure to follow the telehealth regulations? OAC 435:20-5-11
  • In 59 O.S. § 887.13, a crime "substantially relates" to physical therapy when the conduct does what? 59 O.S. § 887.13
  • Under OAC 435:20-5-3, what is unlawful for any person in Oklahoma? OAC 435:20-5-3
  • What class of offense is a violation of Oklahoma's Physical Therapy Practice Act? 59 O.S. § 887.16
  • What must an Oklahoma licensee report to the Board about other jurisdictions under OAC 435:20-5-8? OAC 435:20-5-8
  • What must come before the Oklahoma Board refuses, suspends or revokes a license under 59 O.S. § 887.13? 59 O.S. § 887.13
  • Which action elsewhere is a ground for Oklahoma to refuse or revoke a license under 59 O.S. § 887.13? 59 O.S. § 887.13
  • Which of these does OAC 435:20-5-8 list as unprofessional conduct? OAC 435:20-5-8
  • Who recommends to the Oklahoma Board that it discipline a licensee for unprofessional conduct? OAC 435:20-5-8

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the law the examination is taken from. OAC 435:20-3-6(a)(3) has the Board prepare a jurisprudence examination on the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Practice Act and the related Oklahoma Administrative Code; no content outline is published. The Practice Act (59 O.S. sections 887.1 to 887.18) was read on 2026-10-14 in the Oklahoma Legislature's current text of Title 59 (https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.rtf) and compared with the copy on the Board's physical therapy page, updated 11/01/2022 (https://www.okmedicalboard.org/physical_therapists/download/288/PT+LAW_11.2022.pdf). The rules (OAC Title 435, Chapter 20) were read the same day in the copy the Board posts on that page, marked unofficial and effective September 14, 2023 (https://www.okmedicalboard.org/physical_therapists/download/456/PTRULES_09.2023.pdf). The rules were compared the same day with the official Oklahoma Administrative Code (https://rules.ok.gov/code), where no section of Chapter 20 shows an amendment later than September 14, 2023. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the statute or rule it cites, which is public law of the State of Oklahoma. Nothing is taken from the Board's jurisprudence examination, a study guide or another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial practice for Oklahoma's physical therapy jurisprudence examination, not affiliated with the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Every question is our own, written from 59 O.S. 887.1 to 887.18 and Oklahoma Administrative Code 435:20.

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Grouped by the law the exam is on

The renewal rule, OAC 435:20-3-6, gives no outline, so the questions follow the law it names: definitions, the Board and Committee, licensure, referral and telehealth, supervision, professional development, discipline.

What is particular to Oklahoma

The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision regulates physical therapy, advised by a five-member Physical Therapy Committee. A therapist may treat 30 days without a referral, except on workers' compensation claims. One therapist supervises four people at most, no more than three of them assistants, and a Form #5 is filed yearly for each assistant's practice setting.

  • Re-examination dates turn on the setting: every 30 days in outpatient and acute care, every 60 in home health and schools (435:20-7-1).
  • Professional development is 40 hours for therapists and 30 for assistants every two years, three of them ethics (435:20-9-2).

Questions and answers

Is there an Oklahoma physical therapy jurisprudence exam?

Yes. OAC 435:20-3-6 makes a jurisprudence examination, prepared by the Board on the Oklahoma Physical Therapy Practice Act and the related Administrative Code, one of four conditions for renewing a license.

Who has to take the Oklahoma jurisprudence exam?

Each licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant, at renewal, beside the application, the fee and continuing education. The rule does not list it for a first license. Licenses expire January 31 each year under 59 O.S. 887.12.

How many questions are on the Oklahoma jurisprudence exam?

The Board's rule gives no number of questions, time limit or pass mark, so this page gives none. It describes the assessment as a set of questions on the Practice Act, Board rules and the position statement posted on the Board's website.

Is this the real Oklahoma jurisprudence exam?

No. It is unofficial practice written from Oklahoma statutes and rules. The Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and its Physical Therapy Committee did not write or review this page, and none of the examination's questions appear here.

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