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Subcommittee approves change to athletic-trainer statute after contested hearing
Summary
The Occupational Therapy and Professional Licensing Subcommittee voted 4-3 to advance House Bill 314 (Sub LC461091S), a measure that would replace the statutory word “injury” with “condition” in the athletic-trainer statute.
The Occupational Therapy and Professional Licensing Subcommittee voted 4-3 to advance House Bill 314 (Sub LC461091S), a measure that would strike the statutory word “injury” and replace it with “condition” in the definition of services athletic trainers may provide.
Sponsor Chairman LaHood said the change is intended to remove ambiguity about whether athletic trainers may treat conditions that develop away from an athletic field, giving a physician the option to delegate treatment when the clinical issue is related to physical activity regardless of where it occurred.
“...it changes the word. It strikes the word injury and replaces it with condition,” LaHood said while introducing the bill. Paul Higgs, a licensed athletic trainer who testified for the Georgia Athletic Trainers Association, told the committee the language comes from the Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers and “we support this bill because it’s based on wording recommended and and requested by the Georgia…
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