ATHLETIC TRAINERS: LIC. EXEMPTION S.B. 263: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 263 (as introduced 3-10-11)
Sponsor: Senator Tory Rocca
Committee: Regulatory Reform


Date Completed: 3-15-11

CONTENT The bill would amend Part 179 (Athletic Training) of the Public Health Code to exempt a person engaged in athletic training from licensure requirements while he or she was employed by a professional athletic organization and temporarily was in Michigan for an athletic event.

The Code prohibits an individual from engaging in the practice of athletic training unless he or she is licensed under Part 179. The licensing requirement does not prohibit an individual licensed under any other part of the Code or any other act from performing activities that are considered the practice of athletic training, as long as those activities are within the individual's scope of practice and he or she does not use an athletic training title.


Under the bill, Part 179 would not apply to a person who engaged in the practice of athletic training while employed for that purpose by a professional athletic organization and who was temporarily present in Michigan for an athletic competition or exhibition.

(Part 179 defines "practice of athletic training" as the treatment of an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or illness, or both, as long as those activities are within the rules promulgated under Part 179 and performed under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician.)


MCL 333.17902 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter

FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Fiscal Analyst: Josh Sefton

Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb263/1112