SB 125 — AN ACT relating to athletic trainers.

UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BRSB 19125/GA AN ACT relating to athletic trainers.

(1) "Athlete" means an individual, referee, coach, or athletic staff member who:who participates in sports, games, or recreational activities requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, or stamina[, and who is associated with a sport, game, or recreational activity that is conducted in association with an educational institution or professional, amateur, or recreational sports club or organization];

(a) Participates in sports, games, or[ recreational] activities requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, or stamina;[, and who ] (b) Is associated with a sport, game, or recreational activity that is conducted in association with an educational institution or professional, amateur, or recreational sports club or organization;

or (c) Qualifies under both paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection;

(3) "Athletic trainer" means a healthcare provider[person] with specific qualifications, as set forth in KRS 311.900 to 311.928, who is licensed to practice athletic training and who, upon the supervision of a physician licensed under this chapter[KRS Chapter 311], carries out the practice of preventing, recognizing, evaluating, managing, disposing, treating, reconditioning, or rehabilitating[rehabilitating athletic]athletic injuries.

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Each team of physicians and athletic trainers shall ensure that the referral of patients[athleticathletic injuries]injuries is appropriate to the athletic trainer's level of training and experience.

The regulations shall include but shall not be limited toto: the establishment of fees, eligibility and credentialing procedures, renewal and reinstatement procedures, complaints and disciplinary action, a code of ethical standards, standards of practice, and continuing education requirements[.

(a) The boardestablishment shall require, as a part of anyfees; continuing educational requirement, that persons licensed as athletic trainers complete an educational course on the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

The(b) courseProcedures on the human immunodeficiency virus shall be approved by the Cabinet for Healtheligibility and Familycredentialing; Services].

Page(c) 2Procedures offor 6licensure XXXXrenewal Jacketedand UNOFFICIALreinstatement; COPY 20 RS BR 19 (2) There is hereby created the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Advisory Council, composed of ten (10)[nine (9)] members appointed by the Governor.

(d) Procedures for complaints and disciplinary actions;

(e) A code of ethical standards;

(f) Standards of practice;

(g) The objectives of athletic training;

(h) Procedures for name and contact information changes;

(i) Procedures for licensure renewal and reinstatement of active duty military Page 2 of 7 SB012510.100 - 19 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 125/GA individuals;

(j) Procedures for documentation standards;

(k) Requirements for foreign-trained athletic trainers;

(l) Requirements for medication formularies;

(m) Requirements for invasive procedures;

and (n) Continuing education requirements.[ The board shall require, as a part of any continuing educational requirement, that persons licensed as athletic trainers complete an educational course on the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

The course on the human immunodeficiency virus shall be approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.] (2) There is hereby created the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Advisory Council, composed of ten (10)[nine (9)] members appointed by the Governor.

(b) Three (3)[Two (2)] supervising physicians selected by the board from a list Page 3 of 7 SB012510.100 - 19 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 125/GA of three (3) physicians licensed by the board submitted by the Kentucky Medical Association for each vacancy;

The meetings shall be held quarterly.quarterly and may be held online or by telephone conference call.

Three (3) members shall serve a four (4) year term, two (2) members shall serve a three (3) year term, two (2) members shall serve a two (2) year term, and two (2) members shall serve a one (1) Page 3 of 6 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 19 year term.

No action by the council or its members shall have any effect unless a quorum of the council isapproves the action[is present at the meeting where the action is taken.taken].

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(3) Shall not provide or administer[dispense] over-the-counter or prescription Page 4 of 6 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 19 medications to a minor without express parental or guardian consent and physician oversight[athlete];

Page 5 of 7 SB012510.100 - 19 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS SB 125/GA [(5) Shall conform to the standard of care required of an ordinary competent and careful licensed athletic trainer in exercising reasonable care for the health and safety of the athlete;] (6) May provide athletic training services, notwithstanding any other provision of KRS 311.900 to 311.928, for employment injuries if the athletic training services for employment injuries are provided within the scope of practice for athletic trainers and under the supervision of a physician licensed under this chapter,[Shall not work in an industrial setting, except in the capacity of screening injuries and referring patients to] an occupational therapist licensed under KRS Chapter 319A, a physical therapist licensed under KRS Chapter 327, or a chiropractor licensed under KRS Chapter 312[, or a physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311];

Page 5 of 6 XXXX Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 20 RS BR 19 (7) Shall not seek reimbursement from the federal government for physical therapy services performed by an athletic trainer;

(10) Shall not prescribe medications, including controlled substances;[ and] (11) Shall only seek third-party reimbursement for services as permitted under national standards and within the scope of practice of athletic training and when prescribed by a physician licensed under this chapter;

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This Act takes effect January 1, 2021.

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