SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 367
WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers have long provided
quality health care to individuals involved in sports and other
physical activities, and National Athletic Training Month in
March 2015 provides a fitting opportunity to honor these notable
health care professionals; and
WHEREAS, In 1971, Texas became the first state to enact a
law requiring athletic trainers to meet specific standards of
education, competency, and ethics, and today all such
practitioners working in Texas are licensed and regulated by the
Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers; and
WHEREAS, Athletic trainers offer an extensive range of
services, from preventing injuries before games and sporting
events to recognizing and treating injuries after they occur,
under the direction of a physician; and
WHEREAS, Certified athletic trainers work in a variety of
settings, and secondary schools, colleges and universities,
professional and amateur athletic organizations, clinics and
hospitals, and corporations and industries all benefit from
their expertise; and
WHEREAS, The Texas State Athletic Trainers' Association,
which was established in 2001, endeavors to promote, enhance, and
advance the athletic training profession in the Lone Star State;
the organization offers a number of valuable services to its
members and strives to be the voice of thousands of licensed
athletic trainers statewide; and
WHEREAS, The association works with the Office of Acquired
Brain Injury and the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council to
provide brain injury education, awareness, prevention, and
service referral and coordination; and
WHEREAS, The men and women who work as athletic trainers
play a positive role in the lives of countless Texas residents,
and they indeed merit special commendation for their efforts and
achievements; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
Legislature, hereby recognize March 2015 as National Athletic
Training Month in Texas and extend thanks and best wishes to the
state's athletic trainers.
Kolkhorst
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 16, 2015.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate