PA Athletic Training Code (Certification)

AN ACT

Relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts;

reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and

providing for its composition, powers and duties; providing for the issuance of licenses and

certificates and the suspension and revocation of licenses and certificates; providing penalties; and

making repeals.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1. Short title.

Section 2. Definitions.

Section 3. State Board of Medicine.

Section 4. Impaired professionals.

Section 5. Consultants.

Section 6. Fees, fines and civil penalties.

Section 7. Reports of the board.

Section 8. Regulatory powers of the board.

Section 9. Procedure, oaths and subpoenas.

Section 10. Unauthorized practice of medicine and surgery.

Section 11. Clinical clerks.

Section 12. Midwifery.

Section 13. Physician assistants.

Section 13.1. Respiratory care practitioners.

Section 13.2. Graduate physician assistant.

Section 14. Drugless therapist.

Section 15. Certified registered nurse practitioner

(Repealed).

Section 16. Consultation.

Section 17. Delegation of duties to health care practitioner or technician.

Section 18. Federal medical personnel.

Section 19. Osteopathic act.

Section 20. Other health care practitioners.

Section 21. Acts outside nonmedical doctor license or certificate.

Section 22. Licenses and certificates; general qualification.

Section 23. Standards for medical training facilities.

Section 24. Examinations.

Section 25. Licenses and certificates; biennial registration.

Section 26. Certification of license or certificate.

Section 27. Reciprocity or endorsement.

Section 28. License to practice medicine and surgery.

Section 29. License without restriction.

Section 30. Interim limited license.

Section 31. Graduate license.

Section 32. Institutional license.

Section 33. Temporary license.

Section 34. Extraterritorial license.

Section 35. Nurse-midwife license.

Section 36. Physician assistant certificate.

Section 36.1. Respiratory care practitioner certificates and permits.

Section 36.2. Home health care services ordered by physicians.

Section 37. Reporting of multiple licensure.

Section 38. Injunctions against unlawful practice.

Section 39. Penalties.

Section 40. Temporary and automatic suspensions.

Section 41. Reasons for refusal, revocation, suspension or other corrective

actions against a licensee or certificate holder.

Section 42. Types of corrective action.

Section 43. Reinstatement of license, certificate or registration.

Section 44. Surrender of suspended or revoked license, certificate or

registration.

Section 45. Radiologic procedures; education and training required.

Section 46. Reestablishment.

Section 47. Severability.

Section 48. Repeals.

Section 49. Applicability of act.

Section 50. Existing board.

Section 51. Existing rules and regulations.

Section 51.1. Athletic trainers.

Section 52. Existing licenses, certificates and registrations.

Section 53. Effective date.

Section 51.1. Athletic trainers.

(a) General rule.--An athletic trainer certified by the board may, under the direction of a physician,

podiatrist or dentist, provide athletic training services to a physically active person under the care of a

physician, dentist or podiatrist. An athletic trainer certified under this section shall refer a physically

active person with conditions outside the scope of athletic training services to a physician, dentist or

podiatrist.

(b) Temporary certifications.--Any athletic trainer who holds a valid certificate issued by the State

Board of Physical Therapy under the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the

Physical Therapy Practice Act, relating to the practice of athletic training, prior to the effective date of

this act shall, on and after the effective date hereof, be deemed to be certified by the State Board of

Medicine or State Board of Osteopathic Medicine as provided for in this act.

this section shall be certified, may use the title "athletic trainer" or the abbreviation for the title,

"A.T.C.," and may perform athletic training services. A person who is not certified under this section

may not use the designation of certified athletic trainer, athletic trainer or any of the listed

abbreviations for that title, including "C.A.T." or "A.T.C.," or any similar designation. This section

shall not prohibit any person trained and licensed or certified under any other law from engaging in

the licensed or certified practice in which the person is trained.

(d) Regulations.--The State Board of Medicine and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine shall

jointly promulgate regulations which:

(1) establish approved education and training programs for certification; and

(2) define the circumstances and protocol under which a certified athletic trainer may perform

athletic training services.

Until such regulations are promulgated by the State Board of Medicine and the State Board of

Osteopathic Medicine, the athletic trainer shall be regulated by the regulations, duly promulgated by

the State Board of Physical Therapy prior to the enactment of this amendatory act governing the

activities of certified athletic trainers, which are not inconsistent with this act.

(e) Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine.--Notwithstanding any provision of the act of October 5, 1978

(P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, to the contrary, doctors of

osteopathic medicine may supervise and direct the activities of athletic trainers to the same extent as

physicians regulated by this act.

(f) Jurisdiction.--The State Board of Medicine shall be responsible for the certification of athletic

trainers. Jurisdiction will be determined by the type of physician who supervises and directs the

certified athletic trainer. Certified athletic trainers supervised by physicians regulated by the Medical

Practice Act of 1985 shall fall within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Medicine.

(51.1 added Dec. 10, 2001, P.L. , No.92)

Compiler's Note: Section 4 of Act 92 of 2001, which added section 51.1, provided that the

practice of athletic training shall not include the practice of physical therapy as defined by

the act of October 10, 1975 (P.L.383, No.110), known as the Physical Therapy Practice

Act; however, that exclusion shall not operate to prohibit the rendering of athletic training

service as defined in Act 111

Section 52. Existing licenses, certificates and registrations. Any person who holds a valid license,

certificate or registration issued by the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure under the act

of July 20, 1974 (P.L.551, No.190), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1974, relating to the

practice of medicine, prior to the effective date of this act shall, on and after the effective date hereof,

be deemed licensed, certificated or registered by the State Board of Medicine as provided for in this

act.