Bill Text: CA SB1043 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Personal trainers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-03 - Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 1. Noes 4. Page 3428.) Reconsideration granted. [SB1043 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1043-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1043	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2010

   An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18900) to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to personal
trainers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1043, as amended, Calderon. Personal trainers.
   Existing law imposes requirements for a person to hold himself or
herself out as a member of a particular vocation or profession, but
does not impose such requirements with respect to personal trainers.
   This bill would provide that a person may not hold himself or
herself out as a personal trainer  without having either a
college degree or certification from a national independent
certifying body   , as defined, unless he or she either
has a bachelor's degree in exercise science, kinesiology, fitness
science, or another closely related field, or is certified by a
national independent organization, as specified, or an organization
accredited by either the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
or by the United States Department of   Education  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18900) is added to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 2.7.  PERSONAL TRAINERS


   18900.   (a)    It shall be unlawful for any
person to hold himself or  herself out as a "personal trainer"
without having either a college degree or certification from a
national independent certifying body.   herself out as
a, or use the title of, personal trainer, unless he or she meets the
requirements of paragraph (1) or (2).  
   (1) The person has a bachelor's degree in exercise science,
kinesiology, fitness science, or another closely related field. 

   (2) The person is certified under one of the following:  

   (A) By a national independent organization whose certification
procedures for personal trainers have been approved by the National
Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).  
   (B) As a personal trainer by an organization accredited by either
the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or by the United
States Department of Education.  
   (b) For purposes of this chapter, "to hold himself or herself out
as a, or use the title of, personal trainer" means to state or
advertise or put out any sign or card or other device, or to
represent to the public through any print or electronic media, that
he or she is a personal trainer.  
   (c) (1) For purposes of this chapter, "personal trainer" means an
individual who has expertise in developing and implementing physical
fitness and training programs for individuals, and who provides those
services through either a direct financial relationship with an
individual or through an organization that is compensated for making
those services available.  
   (2) The term "personal trainer" shall not include an individual
who only provides training in a particular discipline, such as yoga,
pilates, or the use of a particular piece of equipment or device such
as a bicycle, that does not include providing advice or assistance
on other aspects of physical fitness and training, such as body
weight management, cardiovascular fitness, endurance, and overall
muscle and strength development.