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1999 SESSION
HB 2547 Board of Medicine; athletic trainer certification.
Introduced by: Flora D. Crittenden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Board of Medicine; athletic trainer certification. Requires athletic trainers to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The “practice of athletic training” is defined as the prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment of injuries or conditions related to athletics or recreational activity that requires physical skill and utilizes strength, power, endurance, speed, flexibility, range of motion or agility or substantially similar injuries or conditions; and subsequent treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries or conditions related to physical activity, under the direction of a licensed physical therapist and the patient’s physician, or under the direction of any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry or dentistry, while using heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, exercise, or mechanical or other devices; the Board of Medicine shall establish criteria for the certification which must include one of three testing programs; and an advisory board is established to assist the Board in developing its regulations. Exceptions are provided for (i) coaches, physical education instructors and persons conducting exercise or conditioning programs or classes within the scope of their duties and (ii) student athletic trainers practicing under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer or a person who is otherwise exempt from the athletic trainer certification requirements. No athletic trainer employed as such prior to June 30, 1999, will be required to comply with the certification requirements until June 30, 2002. The bill also contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 2367 and SB 1191.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Board of Medicine; athletic trainer certification. Requires athletic trainers to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The “practice of athletic training” is defined as the prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment of injuries or conditions related to athletics or recreational activity that requires physical skill and utilizes strength, power, endurance, speed, flexibility, range of motion or agility or a substantially similar injury or condition; and subsequent treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries or conditions related to physical activity, under the direction of a licensed physical therapist and the patient’s physician, or under the direction of any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry or dentistry, while using heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, exercise, or mechanical or other devices. The Board is given the authority to establish criteria for the certification which must include one of three testing programs. An advisory board is established to assist the Board in developing its regulations. Exceptions are provided for (i) persons licensed by the Board when performing within the scope of their practices; (ii) coaches, physical education instructors and persons conducting exercise or conditioning programs or classes; and (iii) student athletic trainers practicing under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer or a person who is otherwise exempt from the athletic trainer certification requirements. No athletic trainer employed as such prior to June 30, 1999, will be required to comply with the certification until June 30, 2002. The bill also contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 2367
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Board of Medicine; athletic trainer certification. Requires athletic trainers to be certified by the Board of Medicine. The “practice of athletic training” is defined as the prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment of injuries or conditions related to physical activity immediately upon the onset of such injury or condition, and the subsequent treatment and rehabilitation of injuries or conditions related to physical activity, under the direction of a licensed physical therapist and the patient’s physician, or under the direction of any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry or dentistry, while using heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, exercise, or mechanical or other devices. The Board is given the authority to establish criteria for the certification which must include one of three testing programs. An advisory board is established to assist the Board in developing its regulations. Exceptions are provided for (i) persons licensed by the Board when performing within the scope of their practices; (ii) coaches, physical education instructors and persons conducting exercise or conditioning programs or classes; and (iii) student athletic trainers practicing under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer or a person who is otherwise exempt from the athletic trainer certification requirements. No athletic trainer employed as such prior to June 30, 1999, will be required to comply with the certification until June 30, 2002. This act has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2000. The bill also contains technical amendments.