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HB 272 Original 2025 Regular Session Bamburg
Abstract: Provides relative to the licensure of athletic trainers.
Present law defines terms as they relate to an individual who is licensed as an athletic trainer.
Proposed law amends the terms "athletic trainer", "emergency management", "general supervision",
"physical rehabilitation", "physician", and "practice of prevention".
Proposed law also repeals the definitions for "athlete", "athletic injury", "board-approved
organization", and "educational institution".
Present law outlines the qualifications an individual must have to obtain a license as an athletic
trainer.
Proposed law repeals the requirement that an individual have a degree in athletic training from a
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education-accredited program or a comparable
degree accepted by the Board of Certification, Inc. and approved by the board.
Present law provides the causes for denial, revocation, or suspension of an athletic trainer's license,
specifically, if an athletic trainer pays or gives anything of economic value to another person, firm,
or corporation to induce the referral of injured athletes to an athletic trainer.
Proposed law amends this cause to remove the requirement that the referral is of an injured athlete
to an athletic trainer.
(Amends R.S. 37:3302(3) and (9) through (13) and 3308.1(A)(12); Repeals R.S. 37:3302(1), (2), (5),
and (8) and 3306.1(A)(2))