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2004 SESSION
SB 159 Athletic trainers; licensure.
Introduced by: H. Russell Potts, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Regulation of athletic trainers. Revises the regulatory requirements for athletic trainers from certification to licensure. The Board of Medicine will promulgate regulations for the credentials of athletic trainers with the assistance of the Advisory Board on Athletic Training. Athletic trainers who are certified pursuant to the law in effect on June 30, 2004, will not be required to be licensed until July 1, 2005. Enactment clauses require the Board of Medicine to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of this act and to deem that athletic trainers who are certified to practice athletic training pursuant to the law in effect on June 30, 2004, will be, upon application, in compliance with the new licensure requirements and will be issued a license to practice athletic training. The Board is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for the application for and issuance of the license.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/04 046503788 pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB159ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/12/04 046503788
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/21/04 Senate: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/04 Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
- 02/05/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/06/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/04 House: Read first time
- 02/12/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/04 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
- 03/02/04 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 1-N)
- 03/03/04 House: Read second time
- 03/04/04 House: Read third time
- 03/04/04 House: Passed House (87-Y 11-N)
- 03/04/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 11-N)
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB159ER)
- 03/22/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 669 (effective - see bill)
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0669)