This chapter does not apply to:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-4121

  • Athletic trainer: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-4101
  • Athletic training: includes the following performed under the direction of a licensed physician and for which the athletic trainer has received appropriate education and training as prescribed by the board:

    (a) The prevention, recognition, examination, evaluation, rehabilitation and management of athletic injuries. See Arizona Laws 32-4101

  • Board: means the board of athletic training. See Arizona Laws 32-4101
  • Direct supervision: means that the supervising athletic trainer is present in the facility or on the campus where athletic training students are performing services, is immediately available to assist the person being supervised in the services being performed and maintains continued involvement in appropriate aspects of the services being performed. See Arizona Laws 32-4101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. A health care professional who is licensed pursuant to this title and who practices within the scope of that person‘s license if that person does not claim to be an athletic trainer or a provider of athletic training services.

2. A person who is pursuing a course of study leading to a degree as an athletic trainer in a professional education program approved by the board if that person is satisfying supervised clinical education requirements related to the person’s athletic training education while under the direct supervision of a licensed athletic trainer.

3. An athletic trainer who is practicing in the United States armed services, United States public health service or United States veterans administration pursuant to federal regulations for state licensure of health care providers.

4. An athletic trainer who resides and is employed in another jurisdiction and who possesses the required licensure, certification or registration necessary to practice athletic training under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the athletic trainer is employed if that person is performing athletic training in this state in connection with teaching or participating in an educational seminar or is providing athletic training services in this state to persons of a bona fide professional, intercollegiate, interscholastic or amateur sports organization by which the athletic trainer is employed, for not more than one hundred twenty days in any twelve month period.