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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 272
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAMBURG
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ATHLETICS/TRAINERS: Provides relative to athletic trainer licensure
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 37:3302(3) and (9) through (13) and 3308.1(A)(12) and to repeal
3 R.S. 37:3302(1), (2), (5), and (8) and 3306.1(A)(2), relative to athletic trainers; to
4 change and repeal certain definitions; to provide for qualifications for an athletic
5 trainer license; to provide grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension of license;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 37:3302(3) and (9) through (13) and 3308.1(A)(12) are hereby
9amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 §3302. Definitions
11 As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed in
12 this Section:
13 (3) "Athletic trainer" means an individual a person licensed by the board who
14 has met the requirements of this Chapter and necessary credentials from the Board
15 of Certification, Inc. as an athletic trainer with the specific qualifications set forth in
16 R.S. 37:3306.1 who, under the general supervision of a physician, carries out the
17 practice of prevention, emergency management, and physical rehabilitation of
18 athletic injuries and sports-related conditions incurred by athletes. In carrying out
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1 these functions, the athletic trainer shall use whatever physical modalities are
2 prescribed by a team physician or consulting physician, or both.
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4 (9) "Emergency management" means the immediate onsite care given to an
5 injured athlete under the general supervision of the team or consulting a physician.
6 To accomplish this care, an athletic trainer may use such methods as accepted first
7 aid procedures approved by the American Red Cross, the American Heart
8 Association, or protocol previously established by the athletic trainer and the team
9 or consulting physicians.
10 (10) "General supervision" means the care and service is furnished under a
11 physician's overall direction and control, but the physician's presence shall not be
12 required during the provision of service.
13 (11) "Physical rehabilitation" means the care given to athletes following an
14 athletic injury and recovery. These is the practice of athletic training including
15 treatments and rehabilitation programs may consist consisting of preestablished
16 methods of physical modality use and exercise written clinical practice guidelines
17 as prescribed by a team supervising physician., consulting physician, or both.
18 Physical rehabilitation also includes working cooperatively with and under the
19 general supervision of a physician with respect to the following:
20 (a) Reconditioning procedures.
21 (b) Operation of therapeutic devices and equipment.
22 (c) Fitting of braces, guards, and other protective devices.
23 (d) Referrals to other physicians, auxiliary health services, and institutions.
24 Referrals will be made with the agreement of the athlete or, in the case of a minor,
25 with the agreement of a parent or guardian except when circumstances require
26 emergency transfer and the parent or guardian is unavailable.
27 (12) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine by the board
28 in the state who is qualified by training and experience to supervise an athletic
29 trainer.
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1 (13) "Practice of prevention" shall include encompass but is not limited to
2 the following: the implementation of established written clinical practice guidelines
3 aimed at preventing or reducing the risk of poor health, illness, injury, poor diet, lack
4 of flexibility, insufficient rest, inadequate reconditioning, and premature death.
5 (a) Working cooperatively with supervisors and coaches in establishing and
6 implementing a program of physical conditioning for athletes.
7 (b) Applying protective or injury-preventive devices such as taping, padding,
8 bandaging, strapping, wrapping, or bracing.
9 (c) Working cooperatively with supervisors, coaches, and a team physician
10 or consulting physician in the selection and fitting of protective athletic equipment
11 for each athlete and constantly monitoring that equipment for safety.
12 (d) Counseling and advising supervisors, coaches, and athletes on physical
13 conditioning and training such as diet, flexibility, rest, and reconditioning.
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15 §3308.1. Causes for denial, revocation, or suspension; imposition of restrictions;
16 costs; fines
17 A. The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant or may suspend,
18 or revoke or impose probationary terms, conditions, or restrictions on any license
19 issued pursuant to this Chapter if any of the following is applicable to the licensee
20 or applicant:
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22 (12) Pays or gives anything of economic value to another person, firm, or
23 corporation to induce the referral of injured athletes to an athletic trainer.
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25 Section 2. R.S. 37:3302(1), (2), (5), and (8) and 3306.1(A)(2) are hereby repealed
26in their entirety.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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))
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