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Mar 7, 2023/Policies & Bylaws
Board policy: The Board of Directors shall appoint the editor-in-chief of the association's journal, Physical Therapy (PTJ).
Sep 8, 2026/Policies & Bylaws
House position: APTA opposes referral-for-profit arrangements in physical therapist services.
Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
House policy: Clinical specialization in physical therapy is a voluntary and unrestricted process.
House position: Defines terms that APTA uses in documents and publications to promote consistency and common understanding.
May 29, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
Board policy: Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy.
Nov 1, 2021/Policies & Bylaws
Board policy: Describes the role the association and its members will have with the World Confederation for Physical Therapy/World Physiotherapy.
House position: Physical therapists embrace and are accountable for best practice standards to provide high‐quality services that promote value, and that all individuals have access to physical therapist services.
Jul 22, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The physical therapist has oversight of all documentation regardless of the setting in which physical therapist services are provided and shall comply with jurisdictional documentation requirements.
Aug 7, 2012/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The American Physical Therapy Association endorses the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
House position: Outlines endorsement of efforts addressing the opioid health crisis
