Bill Text: NY S05275 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits certain licensed athletic trainers who are licensed to practice in another state or territory to provide athletic training services to athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sporting event or performance in this state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-20 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S05275-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5275

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 20, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, GALLIVAN, SALAZAR, WEBB -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  permitting certain
          licensed  athletic  trainers to practice in New York state if they are
          licensed to practice in another state or territory

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  8356 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. (a) Any athletic trainer who is licensed and in  good  standing  in
     4  another  state  or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide
     5  athletic training services to athletes and team personnel  of  a  United
     6  States  sports team recognized by the United States Olympic and Paralym-
     7  pic Committees or an out-of-state secondary school,  an  institution  of
     8  postsecondary education, a professional or amateur athletic organization
     9  sports  team, or a performing arts troupe, may provide athletic training
    10  services to such athletes and team personnel at  a  discrete  sanctioned
    11  team  sporting  event  or  performance  in  this state as defined by the
    12  commissioner in regulations, provided such services are provided only to
    13  such athletes and team personnel at the discrete sanctioned team  sport-
    14  ing  event  or performance. Any such athletic training services shall be
    15  provided only five days before through three days  after  each  discrete
    16  sanctioned team sporting event or traveling performance.
    17    (b)  Any person practicing as an athletic trainer in this state pursu-
    18  ant to this subdivision shall be subject to  the  personal  and  subject
    19  matter  jurisdiction  and  disciplinary  and regulatory authority of the
    20  board of regents as if such person is a licensee and as if the exemption
    21  pursuant to this subdivision is a license. Such individual shall  comply
    22  with applicable provisions of the rules of the board of regents, and the
    23  regulations  of  the  commissioner, relating to professional misconduct,
    24  disciplinary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05788-01-5
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