Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3254 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R11394 MAW-F
2	2	By: Morrison H.B. No. 3254
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the licensing and regulation of athletic trainers.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 451.001(3), Occupations Code, is amended
10	10	to read as follows:
11	11	(3) "Athletic training" means the form of health care
12	12	that is provided [includes the practice of preventing, recognizing,
13	13	assessing, managing, treating, disposing of, and reconditioning
14	14	athletic injuries] under the direction or delegated authority of a
15	15	physician licensed in this state and includes:
16	16	(A) managing the risk of injury or illness;
17	17	(B) preventing injury or illness;
18	18	(C) assessing an injury or illness;
19	19	(D) providing immediate emergency care and
20	20	therapeutic intervention for an injury or illness;
21	21	(E) reconditioning an injury or illness; and
22	22	(F) administering other health care [or another
23	23	qualified, licensed health professional who is authorized to refer
24	24	for health care services within the scope of the person's license].
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 451.153(a), Occupations Code, is amended
26	26	to read as follows:
27	27	(a) An applicant for an athletic trainer license must:
28	28	(1) have met the athletic training curriculum
29	29	requirements of a college or university approved by the commission
30	30	and give proof of graduation;
31	31	(2) hold a degree or certificate in physical therapy
32	32	and have completed:
33	33	(A) a basic athletic training course from an
34	34	accredited college or university; and
35	35	(B) an apprenticeship described by Subsection
36	36	(b); [or]
37	37	(3) have a degree in corrective therapy with at least a
38	38	minor in physical education or health that includes a basic
39	39	athletic training course and meet the apprenticeship requirement or
40	40	any other requirement established by the commission;
41	41	(4) have completed, or have 30 credit hours or less
42	42	remaining to complete, the athletic training curriculum
43	43	requirements of a college or university that is accredited by a
44	44	nationally recognized athletic training accrediting organization
45	45	and approved by the board; or
46	46	(5) have completed, or have 30 credit hours or less
47	47	remaining to complete, a baccalaureate degree or postbaccalaureate
48	48	degree from a college or university that requires:
49	49	(A) not fewer than 24 credit hours related to the
50	50	practice of athletic training; and
51	51	(B) completion of an apprenticeship program in
52	52	athletic training clinical practice consisting of not fewer than
53	53	1,800 hours completed over the course of not fewer than five
54	54	separate semesters, at least 1,500 hours of which must be completed
55	55	while the applicant is a student at the college or university.
56	56	SECTION 3. Section 451.001(1), Occupations Code, is
57	57	repealed.
58	58	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
59	59	451.153, Occupations Code, apply only to an application for an
60	60	original athletic trainer license submitted on or after the
61	61	effective date of this Act. An application for an original athletic
62	62	trainer license submitted before the effective date of this Act is
63	63	governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
64	64	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
65	65	purpose.
66	66	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.