HOUSE BILL No. 5419

 

March 20, 2014, Introduced by Reps. LaFontaine, Kesto, Denby, Foster, Dianda, Kivela, McBroom, Yonker, Kelly, Walsh, Haugh, Lane, Rendon, Schor and Schmidt and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 16336, 17901, 17905, and 17906 (MCL

 

333.16336, 333.17901, 333.17905, and 333.17906), as added by 2006

 

PA 54.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 16336. Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure

 

 2  as an athletic trainer under part 179 are as follows:

 

 

      (a) Application processing fee................  $   75.00.

      (b) License fee, per year.....................  $  200.00.

                                                      $  100.00.

 

 

 6        Sec. 17901. (1) As used in this part:

 


 1        (a) "Athletic trainer" means an individual engaged in the

 

 2  practice of athletic training.

 

 3        (b) "Practice of athletic training" means the treatment of

 

 4  an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the

 

 5  clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury

 

 6  or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an

 

 7  individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the

 

 8  rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or

 

 9  illness, or both, as long as if those activities are within the

 

10  rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the

 

11  direction and supervision of, on the prescription of, or in

 

12  collaboration with an individual licensed under part 164, 166,

 

13  170, or 175, or 180. The practice of athletic training does not

 

14  include the practice of physical therapy, the practice of

 

15  medicine, the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the

 

16  practice of chiropractic, or medical diagnosis or treatment.

 

17        (2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1

 

18  contains general definitions and principles of construction

 

19  applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains

 

20  definitions applicable to this part.

 

21        Sec. 17905. (1) The department shall issue a license under

 

22  this article as an athletic trainer to an individual who meets

 

23  all of the following requirements:

 

24        (a) Applies to the department on a form provided by the

 

25  department.

 

26        (b) Meets the requirements for licensure promulgated in

 

27  rules pursuant to section 17904.

 


 1        (c) Pays the fees prescribed in section 16336.

 

 2        (2) The department shall promulgate rules to provide for

 

 3  require at least 80 75 clock hours of continuing education within

 

 4  each 3-year license cycle in subjects related to athletic

 

 5  training and approved by the department.

 

 6        Sec. 17906. (1) A The department shall issue a license

 

 7  issued by the department under section 17905 shall be for a 3-

 

 8  year license cycle. The license is renewable upon payment of the

 

 9  prescribed license renewal fee and , beginning with the third

 

10  year after the effective date of the rules promulgated under

 

11  section 17905(2), submission to the department of proof of

 

12  satisfactory completion of at least 80 75 clock hours of

 

13  continuing education within the 3-year license cycle in subjects

 

14  related to athletic training and approved by the department.

 

15        (2) In addition to the continuing education requirements of

 

16  subsection (1), an athletic trainer shall submit along with his

 

17  or her application for license renewal proof satisfactory to the

 

18  department of both of the following:

 

19        (a) That he or she has successfully completed a course of

 

20  training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and foreign

 

21  body obstruction of the airway automated external defibrillator

 

22  use for health care professionals or emergency services personnel

 

23  approved by the department and offered or approved by the

 

24  American Red Cross, the American heart association, or a

 

25  comparable organization, as determined by the department.

 

26        (b) That he or she holds, at the time of application for

 

27  renewal and at all times during the previous license period, a

 


 1  valid certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary

 

 2  resuscitation issued by the organization offering the training.