Michigan Laws 333.17902 – Practice of athletic training; license required; use of titles; exceptions
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.17902
- Athletic trainer: means an individual engaged in the practice of athletic training. See Michigan Laws 333.17901
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Practice of athletic training: means the treatment of an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or illness, or both, if those activities are within the rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the direction of, on the prescription of, or in collaboration with an individual licensed under part 170 or 175. See Michigan Laws 333.17901
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(1) Beginning on February 4, 2010, an individual shall not engage in the practice of athletic training unless licensed under this part or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of athletic training under this section. An individual licensed under this part shall not provide, offer to provide, or represent that he or she is qualified to provide any services that he or she is not qualified to perform by his or her education, training, or experience or that he or she is otherwise prohibited by law from performing.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit an individual licensed under any other part or any other act from performing activities that are considered the practice of athletic training so long as those activities are within the individual’s scope of practice and the individual does not use the titles protected under subsection (3).
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, beginning on February 4, 2010, an individual shall not use the titles “athletic trainer”, “licensed athletic trainer”, “certified athletic trainer”, “athletic trainer certified”, “a.t.”, “a.t.l.”, “c.a.t.”, “a.t.c.”, or similar words that indicate that the person is an athletic trainer unless the individual is licensed under this article as an athletic trainer.
(4) This part does not apply to a person who is present in this state for an event that uses the services of athletic trainers, who is present in this state for not more than 30 consecutive days, and who is a board of certification certified athletic trainer or is licensed as an athletic trainer in another state.