Bill Text: CT SB00356 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Athletic Trainers.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-19 - Senate Recommitted to Public Health [SB00356 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00356-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Substitute Bill No. 356 | |
February Session, 2016 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING ATHLETIC TRAINERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 20-65f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Athletic training" means the application or provision, with the consent and under the direction of a health care provider, of (A) principles, methods and procedures of clinical evaluation and assessment, prevention, treatment, management, emergency care, disposition and rehabilitation of athletic injuries, including, but not limited to, acute and chronic injuries, sustained by [athletes] physically active individuals, (B) appropriate preventative and supportive devices, temporary splinting, [and] bracing and casting, physical modalities of heat, cold, light massage, water, including, but not limited to, aquatic therapy, electric stimulation, sound, exercise, [and] exercise equipment and other agents prescribed by a health care provider, (C) recognition of potential illness and referrals to a health care provider for diagnosis and treatment, (D) wellness care services developed for asymptomatic individuals, (E) the organization and administration of athletic training programs, and [(D)] (F) education and counseling to [athletes] physically active individuals, coaches, medical personnel and [athletic communities] the community in the area of the prevention and care of athletic injuries. For purposes of this subdivision, "health care provider" means a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery under chapter 370, chiropractic under chapter 372, podiatry under chapter 375 or naturopathy under chapter 373;
(2) "Athletic injury" means any injury sustained by [an athlete] a physically active individual as a result of such [athlete's] individual's participation in exercises, sports, games or [recreation] recreational activities requiring strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed or stamina, or any comparable injury that prevents such [athlete] individual from participating in any such activities;
(3) ["Athlete"] "Physically active individual" means any person who is a member of any professional, amateur, school or other sports team, or is a regular participant in sports or recreational activities, including, but not limited to, training and practice activities, that require strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed or stamina. For purposes of this subdivision, "regular" means not less than three times per week;
(4) "Standing orders" means written protocols, recommendations and guidelines for treatment and care, furnished and signed by a health care provider specified under subdivision (1) of this section, to be followed in the practice of athletic training that may include, but not be limited to, (A) appropriate treatments for specific athletic injuries, (B) athletic injuries or other conditions requiring immediate referral to a licensed health care provider, and (C) appropriate conditions for the immediate referral to a licensed health care provider of injured [athletes] physically active individuals of a specified age or age group;
(5) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health.
Sec. 2. Section 20-65h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
(a) Each person who practices athletic training under standing orders shall make a written or oral referral to a licensed health care provider of any [athlete] physically active individual who has an athletic injury whose symptoms have not improved for a period of four days from the day of onset, or who has any physical or medical condition that would constitute a medical contraindication for athletic training or that may require evaluation or treatment beyond the scope of athletic training. The injuries or conditions requiring a referral under this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, suspected medical emergencies or illnesses, physical or mental illness and significant tissue or neurological pathologies.
(b) Each person who practices athletic training, but not understanding orders, may perform initial evaluation and temporary splinting and bracing of any [athlete] physically active individual with an athletic injury and shall, without delay, make a written or oral referral of such [athlete] individual to a licensed health care provider. The limitations on the practice of athletic training set forth in this subsection shall not apply in the case of any [athlete] physically active individual that is referred to such person by a licensed health care provider, provided such practice shall be limited to the scope of such referral.
Sec. 3. Section 20-65i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
A license to practice athletic training shall not be required of: (1) A practitioner who is licensed or certified by a state agency and is performing services within the scope of practice for which such person is licensed or certified; (2) a student intern or trainee pursuing a course of study in athletic training, provided the activities of such student intern or trainee are performed under the supervision of a person licensed to practice athletic training and the student intern or trainee is given the title of "athletic trainer intern", or similar designation; (3) a person employed or volunteering as a coach of amateur sports who provides first aid for athletic injuries to [athletes] physically active individuals being coached by such person; (4) a person who furnishes assistance in an emergency; or (5) a person who acts as an athletic trainer in this state for less than thirty days per calendar year and who is licensed as an athletic trainer by another state or is certified by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization.
Sec. 4. Section 20-65j of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):
(a) Except as provided in [subsections (b) and (c)] subsection (b) of this section, an applicant for a license to practice athletic training shall have: (1) A baccalaureate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, or from an institution of higher [learning] education located outside of the United States that is legally chartered to grant postsecondary degrees in the country in which such institution is located; and (2) current certification as an athletic trainer by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization.
(b) An applicant for licensure to practice athletic training by endorsement shall present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner (1) of licensure or certification as an athletic trainer, or as a person entitled to perform similar services under a different designation, in another state having requirements for practicing in such capacity that are substantially similar to or higher than the requirements in force in this state, and (2) that there is no disciplinary action or unresolved complaint pending against such applicant.
[(c) Prior to April 30, 2007, the commissioner shall grant a license as an athletic trainer to any applicant who presents evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of (1) the continuous providing of services as an athletic trainer since October 1, 1979, or (2) certification as an athletic trainer by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization.]
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2016 |
20-65f |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2016 |
20-65h |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2016 |
20-65i |
Sec. 4 |
October 1, 2016 |
20-65j |
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In section 1(2), "prevents such athlete" was changed to "prevents such [athlete] individual" for consistency with the definitional change in Section 1(3).
PH |
Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO |