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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 404
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
HEALTH CARE. Provides exemption from licensing for medical personnel traveling with
out-of-state sports teams while in Louisiana. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:24, relative to medical providers; to exempt from licensure certain out-of-2
state licensed medical providers providing services to a sports team while traveling3
with the team in this state for a sporting event; to exempt certain out-of-state licensed4
medical providers providing services at the invitation of a national sport governing5
body at a national sport training center or at an event or competition in this state6
sanctioned by the body; to establish requirements and conditions; and to provide for7
related matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 37:24 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
ยง24. Medical providers traveling with sports teams; licensure exemptions11
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a medical provider12
licensed to practice in another state or country shall be exempt from licensure13
requirements of this state while providing medical services for which he is14
licensed, to members of a sports team, coaching staff, or family traveling with15
an out-of-state sports team while in this state if the provider has a written or16
oral agreement with the sports team to provide care to team members, coaching17 SB NO. 404
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staff, and families traveling with the team for a specific sporting event to take1
place in this state.2
(2) The exemption provided in this Section does not authorize the3
provider to provide care or consultation to any person residing in this state,4
other than a person described in Paragraph (1) of this Section, or under the5
Good Samaritan Law or practice at a health care clinic or facility, including an6
acute care facility.7
(3) The exemption shall remain in force only while the provider is8
traveling with the team, but shall be in force no longer than ten days in duration9
per sporting event. The exemption may be extended up to twenty additional10
days per sporting event upon prior request by the provider to the appropriate11
licensing authority but the exemption period may not exceed thirty days total12
per sporting event.13
B.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a medical provider14
who is licensed to practice in another state or country, shall be exempt from15
licensure requirements in this state while providing medical services for which16
he is licensed if the provider has been invited by a national sport governing17
body to provide medical services at a national sport training center or at an18
event or competition in this state sanctioned by the body and the provider meets19
all the following requirements and conditions:20
(a) The provider has been certified by the national sport governing body21
to the appropriate licensing authority of this state as to state or country of22
origin licensure and the dates within which the provider has been invited to23
provide services.24
(b) The provider's practice is limited to that required by the national25
sport governing body which services shall be within the area of the provider's26
competence and shall only be provided to athletes or team personnel registered27
to train or coach at the center or registered to compete in an event sanctioned28
by the body in this state.29 SB NO. 404
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(2) The exemption shall remain in force while the provider is providing1
services at the invitation of the national sport governing body and only during2
the time certified by the body, but may not exceed thirty days total.3
C. As used in this Section, the following terms and phrases shall have the4
following meanings, except as the context requires otherwise:5
(1) "National sport governing body" includes but is not limited to the6
United States Olympic Committee, the National Football League, the National7
Basketball Association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the8
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Federation of9
High School Athletic Associations, and the Amateur Athletic Union.10
(2) "Provider" or "medical provider" means an out-of-state licensed11
medical provider who is not licensed in this state, including a physician,12
surgeon, physical therapist, athletic trainer, chiropractor, massage therapist,13
or health care provider as defined in R.S. 40:1299.41.14
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Walsworth (SB 404)
Proposed law provides that a medical provider who is licensed to practice in another state
or country shall be exempt from licensure requirements in this state while providing medical
services for which he is licensed, to a member of a sports team, coaching staff, or family
accompanying the team while in this state if the provider has a written or oral agreement
with the sports team to provide care to team members, coaching staff, and families traveling
with the team for a specific sporting event to take place in this state.
Provides that the exemption does not authorize the provider to provide care or consultation
to any person residing in this state, other than a person described in proposed law or under
the Good Samaritan Law or practice at a health care clinic or facility, including an acute care
facility.
Provides that the exemption shall remain in force only while the provider is traveling with
the team, but shall be no longer than 10 days in duration per sporting event. The exemption
may be extended up to 20 additional days per sporting event upon prior request by the
provider to the appropriate licensing authority but the exemption may not exceed 30 days
total per sporting event.
Proposed law provides that a medical provider who is licensed to practice in another state
or country shall be exempt from licensure requirements in this state while providing medical
services for which he is licensed when the provider has been invited by a national sport
governing body to provide medical services at a national sport training center or at an event
or competition in this state sanctioned by the body and the provider meets all the following SB NO. 404
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requirements and conditions:
(1)The provider has been certified by the national sport governing body to the
appropriate licensing authority of this state as to state or country of origin licensure
and the dates within which the provider has been invited to provide services.
(2)The provider's practice is limited to that required by the national sport governing
body which services shall be within the area of the provider's competence and shall
only be provided to athletes or team personnel registered to train or coach at the
center or registered to compete in an event sanctioned by the body in this state.
Provides that the exemption shall remain in force while the provider is providing services
at the invitation of the national sport governing body and only during the time certified by
the body, but may not exceed 30 days total.
Defines the following:
(1)"National sport governing body" to include but not be limited to the United States
Olympic Committee, the National Football League, the National Basketball
Association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Federation of High School Athletic
Associations, and the Amateur Athletic Union.
(2)"Provider" or "medical provider" as an out-of-state licensed medical provider who
is not licensed in this state, including a physician, surgeon, physical therapist,
athletic trainer, chiropractor, massage therapist, or health care provider as defined
in R.S. 40:1299.41.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 37:24)