La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-3103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-3103 - Definitions

A. As used in this Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings specified.

Advisory Committee-the Athletic Training Advisory Committee to the Board, constituted under and pursuant to §3104

Applicant-a person who has applied to the board for licensure as an athletic trainer

Application-a request received by the board, in a manner prescribed by the board, for licensure as an athletic trainer in the state of Louisiana.

Athlete-an individual designated as such by the board, an educational institution, a professional athletic organization, or other board-approved organization who participates in an athletic activity sponsored by such institution or organization.

Athletic Trainer-an individual licensed by the board as an athletic trainer with the specific qualifications set forth in R.S. 37:3306.1 who, under the general supervision of a physician, carries out the practice of prevention, emergency management, and physical rehabilitation of injuries and sports-related conditions incurred by athletes. In carrying out these functions, the athletic trainer shall use whatever physical modalities are prescribed by a team physician or consulting physician, or both.

Approved- as applied to a school, college, university, organization, program, curriculum, or course of study, shall mean affirmatively recognized and sanctioned by the board in accordance with §3111-3117 of this Chapter.

BOC-Board of Certification for the athletic trainer or its successor.

Board- the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Board-Approved Organization-one of the following:

a. approved organization, including but not limited to the Amateur Athletic Union, the International Olympic Committee and its affiliates including but not limited to the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sports Organization, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, college and university intramural sports, and sports events of the National Federation of State High School Associations;

b. an organization, whose athletic activity meets one or more of the following:

i. has an officially-designated coach or individual who has the responsibility for athletic activities of the organization;

ii. has a regular schedule of practices or workouts that are supervised by an officially-designated coach or individual;

iii. is an activity generally recognized as having an established schedule of competitive events or exhibitions;

iv. has a policy that requires documentation of having a signed medical clearance by a licensed physician or other board authorized health care provider as a condition for participation for the athletic activities of the organization.

CAATE-the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education or its successor.

Educational Institution-a university, college, junior college, high school, junior high school, or grammar school, whether public or private.

LATA-the Louisiana Athletic Trainers Association. Licensure or License-the board's official recognition of a person's lawful authority to act and serve as an athletic trainer as such term is defined by the law, R.S. 37:3302.

Louisiana Athletic Trainers Law or the Law-Acts 1985, number 288, as amended, R.S. 37:3301-3313.

NATA- the National Athletic Trainers Association, or its successor.

Physician- a person holding a current unrestricted license to engage in the practice of medicine in the state of Louisiana, duly issued by the board.

State- any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

B. Masculine terms wherever used in this Chapter shall also be deemed to include the feminine.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-3103

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, LR 12:522 (August 1986), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 24:937 (May 1998), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 431370 (7/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3301-3313 and 37:1270(B)(6).