2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 375a - Athletic Training
Section 20-65i - Exceptions to licensing requirement.
A license to practice athletic training shall not be required of: (1) A practitioner who is licensed or certified by a state agency and is performing services within the scope of practice for which such person is licensed or certified; (2) a student enrolled in a course of study in an athletic training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, or its successor organization, provided the activities of such student are performed under the supervision of a person licensed to practice athletic training and the student is given the title of “athletic training student”, or similar designation; (3) a person employed or volunteering as a coach of amateur sports who provides first aid for athletic injuries to physically active individuals being coached by such person; (4) a person who furnishes assistance in an emergency; or (5) a person who acts as an athletic trainer in this state for less than thirty days per calendar year and who is licensed as an athletic trainer by another state or is certified by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization.
(P.A. 00-226, S. 4, 20; P.A. 06-195, S. 43; P.A. 17-195, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 00-226 effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner, i.e. April 11, 2006; P.A. 06-195 changed “National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification, Inc.” to “Board of Certification, Inc.” in Subdiv. (5), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 17-195 deleted references to intern or trainee, replaced “pursuing a course of study in athletic training” with “enrolled in a course of study in an athletic training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, or its successor organization”, replaced reference to “athletic trainer intern” with “athletic training student” and replaced “athletes” with “physically active individuals”.
