Common use of Physical Therapist Clause in Contracts

Physical Therapist. A person who is trained specially in the skills and tech- niques of physical therapy (that is, the treatment of disease by physical agents and methods such as heat, massage, manipulation, therapeutic exercise, hydrotherapy, and various forms of en- ergy such as electrotherapy and ultrasound), who has been authorized legally (that is, registered) to admin- ister treatments prescribed by a physi- cian and who is entitled legally to use the designation ‘‘Registered Physical Therapist.’’ A physical therapist also may be called a physiotherapist.