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Athletic trainers ask Legislature to lift workplace restrictions to expand care and retain workforce
Summary
A panel representing athletic trainers urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to remove workplace restrictions in state licensure law so trainers can practice in broader occupational and public‑safety settings.
A panel representing athletic trainers urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to update Massachusetts’ licensure law to remove outdated workplace restrictions and widen the settings in which licensed athletic trainers may practice.
Robert Calandrio, a Bridgewater State professor and government affairs chair for Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts, summarized the profession’s history of licensure in the Commonwealth and argued that statute language adopted in 1981‑82 no longer reflects the profession’s scope of practice. "Expanding access…
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