ATHLETIC TRAINER REGISTRATION - S.B. 611: FLOOR ANALYSIS


Senate Bill 611 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor: Senator Bev Hammerstrom

Committee: Economic Development, International Trade and Regulatory Affairs


CONTENT


The bill would add Part 179 to the Public Health Code to provide for the registration of athletic trainers. The bill would do all of the following:


-- Require the Department of Consumer and Industry Services (DCIS) to issue an athletic trainer registration to an applicant who met the criteria for registration contained in rules promulgated under Part 179, and paid the required fees.

-- Establish a $20 application processing fee and a $60 annual registration fee.

-- Require a registered athletic trainer, when renewing registration, to submit proof that he or she successfully completed training in first aid, CPR, and foreign body obstruction of the airway, and, beginning with the third renewal period after the bill's effective date, proof that he or she met certain continuing education requirements.

-- Require the DCIS to promulgate rules establishing minimum registration standards.

-- Prohibit a person from calling himself or herself an athletic trainer, or using certain other titles, without being registered.

-- Specify that Part 179 would not require new or additional third-party reimbursement for services rendered by a registered athletic trainer.


"Registered athletic trainer" would mean an individual who engaged in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries; was under the direction and supervision of a licensed allopathic physician or a licensed osteopathic physician; and was registered under Part 179. "Athletic injury" would mean an injury sustained by an individual as a result of his or her participation in activities requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, and stamina.


MCL 333.16263 et al. - Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe


FISCAL IMPACT


The fiscal impact of this bill is indeterminate as there is no information regarding the number of applicants; therefore, it is difficult to determine what the costs of creating this new registration program would be.


Date Completed: 6-11-02 - Fiscal Analyst: Maria TyszkiewiczFloor\sb611 - Bill Analysis @ http://www.senate.state.mi.us/sfa

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.