Rhode Island General Laws 5-60-9. License required to use title “athletic trainer.”
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No person may use the title “athletic trainer” or perform the duties of an athletic trainer, unless licensed by the state of Rhode Island to perform those duties.
History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 307, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 423, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 508, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-60-9
- Athletic trainer: means a person with the specific qualifications established in § 5-60-10 who, upon the direction of his or her team physician and/or consulting physician, carries out the practice of athletic training to athletic injuries incurred by athletes in preparation of, or participation in, an athletic program being conducted by an educational institution under the jurisdiction of an interscholastic or intercollegiate governing body, a professional athletic organization, or a board-sanctioned amateur athletic organization; provided, that no athlete shall receive athletic training services if classified as geriatric by the consulting physician. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-60-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6