Bill Text: FL S1176 | 2011 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: High School Athletic Trainers

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S1176 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S1176-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2011                             CS for SB 1176
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       590-04458-11                                          20111176c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to high school athletic trainers;
    3         amending s. 468.701, F.S.; providing a definition;
    4         amending s. 468.703, F.S.; revising membership
    5         requirements for the Board of Athletic Training;
    6         amending s. 468.707, F.S.; revising requirements for
    7         licensure by examination for athletic trainers;
    8         amending s. 468.711, F.S.; requiring certification
    9         requirements for license renewal; revising continuing
   10         education requirements for licensure renewal; amending
   11         s. 1012.46, F.S.; encouraging school districts to
   12         employ or contract with certified athletic trainers at
   13         certain high schools in this state; requiring athletic
   14         trainers to be certified by the Board of Certification
   15         of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association;
   16         providing a rebuttable presumption that a school
   17         district is not negligent in employing an athletic
   18         trainer for purposes of a civil action for negligence
   19         against the athletic trainer if the school district
   20         made a good faith effort to comply with the act;
   21         providing legislative intent; providing an effective
   22         date.
   23  
   24  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   25  
   26         Section 1. Subsections (7), (8), and (9) of section
   27  468.701, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8),
   28  (9), and (10), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added
   29  to that section, to read:
   30         468.701 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
   31         (7) “Board of Certification” means the only nationally
   32  accredited certifying body for athletic trainers.
   33         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 468.703, Florida
   34  Statutes, is amended to read:
   35         468.703 Board of Athletic Training.—
   36         (2) Five members of the board must be licensed athletic
   37  trainers, certified by the Board of Certification or its
   38  successor agency. One member of the board must be a physician
   39  licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459. One member of the
   40  board must be a physician licensed under chapter 460. Two
   41  members of the board shall be consumer members, each of whom
   42  must be a resident of this state who has never worked as an
   43  athletic trainer, who has no financial interest in the practice
   44  of athletic training, and who has never been a licensed health
   45  care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001(4).
   46         Section 3. Section 468.707, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   47  read:
   48         468.707 Licensure by examination; requirements.—
   49         (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as an athletic
   50  trainer shall apply to the department on a form approved by the
   51  department. The department shall license each applicant who:
   52         (1)(a) Has completed the application form and remitted the
   53  required fees.
   54         (2)(b) Is at least 21 years of age.
   55         (3)(c) Has obtained a baccalaureate degree from a college
   56  or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and
   57  approved by the United States Department of Education or the
   58  Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation, or
   59  approved by the board, or recognized by the Board of
   60  Certification or its successor agency.
   61         (4)(d)If graduated after 2004, has completed an approved
   62  athletic training curriculum from a college or university
   63  accredited by a program recognized by the Board of Certification
   64  or its successor agency an accrediting agency recognized and
   65  approved by the United States Department of Education or the
   66  Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation, or
   67  approved by the board.
   68         (5)(e) Has current certification in cardiovascular
   69  pulmonary resuscitation with an automated external defibrillator
   70  (AED) from the American Red Cross or, the American Heart
   71  Association, or an equivalent certification as determined by the
   72  board.
   73         (6)(f) Has passed the Board of Certification’s or its
   74  successor agency’s an examination and is certified by that
   75  entity administered or approved by the board.
   76         (2) Pursuant to the requirements of s. 456.034, each
   77  applicant shall complete a continuing education course on human
   78  immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
   79  as part of initial licensure.
   80         Section 4. Section 468.711, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   81  read:
   82         468.711 Renewal of license; continuing education.—
   83         (1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of
   84  the renewal application and fee, provided the applicant is in
   85  compliance with the provisions of this section, chapter 456, and
   86  rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
   87         (2) The board may, by rule, prescribe continuing education
   88  requirements, not to exceed 24 hours biennially. The criteria
   89  for continuing education shall be approved by the board and must
   90  shall include a current certificate in cardiovascular pulmonary
   91  resuscitation with AED from the American Red Cross or the
   92  American Heart Association or an equivalent training as
   93  determined by the board.
   94         (3) Pursuant to the requirements of s. 456.034, each
   95  licensee shall complete a continuing education course on human
   96  immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome
   97  as part of biennial relicensure.
   98         (4) The licensee must be currently certified by the Board
   99  of Certification or its successor agency.
  100         Section 5. Section 1012.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  101  read:
  102         1012.46 Athletic trainers.—
  103         (1) School districts may establish and implement an
  104  athletic injuries prevention and treatment program. Central to
  105  this program should be the employment and availability of
  106  licensed athletic trainers who are certified by the Board of
  107  Certification of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and
  108  persons trained in the prevention and treatment of physical
  109  injuries that may occur during athletic activities. The program
  110  should reflect opportunities for progressive advancement and
  111  compensation in employment as provided in subsection (2) and
  112  meet certain other minimum standards developed by the Department
  113  of Education. The goal of the Legislature is to have school
  114  School districts in the state employ or contract with and have
  115  available a certified full-time athletic trainer for in each
  116  high school that participates in sports in the state.
  117         (2) To qualify as an athletic trainer, a person must be
  118  certified by the Board of Certification and licensed as required
  119  by part XIII of chapter 468 and may possess a professional,
  120  temporary, part-time, adjunct, or substitute certificate
  121  pursuant to s. 1012.35, s. 1012.56, or s. 1012.57.
  122         (3) In a civil action against a school district for the
  123  death of, or injury or damage to, an individual which was
  124  allegedly caused by the negligence of an athletic trainer and
  125  which relates to the treatment of a sports injury by the
  126  athletic trainer, there is a rebuttable presumption that the
  127  school district was not negligent in employing the athletic
  128  trainer if the school district made a good faith effort to
  129  comply with the provisions of this section before such
  130  employment.
  131         (4) It is the intent of this section to create and ensure a
  132  designated standard of care for the recognition, prevention, and
  133  rehabilitative treatment of high school athletic injuries in
  134  this state. To ensure compliance with this standard of care, the
  135  management and implementation of this program should be
  136  administered by an entity that has the ability to work with
  137  local facilities and school districts to coordinate the
  138  training, development, and placement of licensed athletic
  139  trainers who are certified by the Board of Certification.
  140         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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