March 10, 2011, Introduced by Senators ROCCA, ROBERTSON, NOFS, COLBECK, HILDENBRAND, SMITH, BIEDA, HUNTER, HUNE, PROOS, KOWALL, EMMONS, BRANDENBURG, HANSEN, MOOLENAAR, SCHUITMAKER, YOUNG, GREEN, MARLEAU and CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 333.17902 (MCL 333.17902), as added by 2006 PA
54.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
17902. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the rules
promulgated
under section 17904 February 4, 2010, an individual
shall not engage in the practice of athletic training unless
licensed under this part or otherwise authorized to engage in the
practice
of athletic training under subsection (2) this
section. An
individual licensed under this part shall not provide, offer to
provide, or represent that he or she is qualified to provide any
services that he or she is not qualified to perform by his or her
education, training, or experience or that he or she is otherwise
prohibited by law from performing.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual licensed
under any other part or any other act from performing activities
that are considered the practice of athletic training so long as
those activities are within the individual's scope of practice and
the individual does not use the titles protected under subsection
(3).
(3)
Beginning Except as
otherwise provided in this section,
beginning
on the effective date of the rules
promulgated under
section
17904 February 4, 2010, an individual shall not use the
titles "athletic trainer", "licensed athletic trainer", "certified
athletic trainer", "athletic trainer certified", "a.t.", "a.t.l.",
"c.a.t.", "a.t.c.", or similar words that indicate that the person
is an athletic trainer unless the individual is licensed under this
article as an athletic trainer.
(4) This part does not apply to a person who engages in the
practice of athletic training while employed for that purpose by a
professional athletic organization and who is temporarily present
in this state for an athletic competition or exhibition.