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1999 SESSION
SB 1191 Athletic trainer certification.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
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 HB 2547.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 995210685 pdf
- 02/04/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991222685-S1 pdf
- 03/02/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1191ER) pdf
- 04/06/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 995210685
- 01/21/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/03/99 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991222685-S1
- 02/05/99 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/99 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/99 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 991222685-S1
- 02/08/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 991222685-S1
- 02/08/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/99 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/08/99 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/10/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/99 House: Read first time
- 02/10/99 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/10/99 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 2
- 02/15/99 House: Reported from General Laws (26-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/99 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/17/99 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 02/18/99 House: Reported from H. W. I. (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/99 House: Read second time
- 02/22/99 House: Read third time
- 02/22/99 House: Passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1191ER)
- 03/03/99 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/28/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 639 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/06/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)