2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 - PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS .900 Definitions for KRS 311.900 to 311.928.
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311.900 Definitions for KRS 311.900 to 311.928.
As used in KRS 311.900 to 311.928:
(1) "Athlete" means an individual, referee, coach, or athletic staff member who
participates in sports, games, or recreational activities requiring physical strength,
agility, flexibility, range of motion, speed, or stamina, and who is associated with a
sport, game, or recreational activity that is conducted in association with an
educational institution or professional, amateur, or recreational sports club or
organization;
(2) "Athletic injury" means:
(a) An injury or condition, excluding medical conditions such as internal
infections, internal injuries, fractures, and spinal cord injuries except in an
acute situation sustained by an athlete that affects the individual's participation
or performance in sports, games, or recreation; or
(b) An injury or condition that is within the scope of practice of an athletic trainer
identified by a physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311, a physical therapist
licensed under KRS Chapter 327, an occupational therapist licensed under
KRS Chapter 319A, or a chiropractor licensed under KRS Chapter 312 that is
likely to benefit from athletic training services that have been approved by a
physician supervising the athletic trainer;
(3) "Athletic trainer" means a person with specific qualifications, as set forth in KRS
311.900 to 311.928 who is licensed to practice athletic training and who, upon the
supervision of a physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311, carries out the practice
of preventing, recognizing, evaluating, managing, disposing, treating,
reconditioning, or rehabilitating athletic injuries. In carrying out these functions, the
licensed athletic trainer may use physical modalities, such as heat, light, sound,
cold, or electricity, or mechanical devices. A licensed athletic trainer shall practice
only in those areas in which he or she is competent by reason of his or her training
or experience;
(4) "Council" means the Kentucky Athletic Trainers Advisory Council;
(5) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure;
(6) "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed by the board; and
(7) "Supervision" means advising, consenting to, and directing the activities of an
athletic trainer through written or oral orders by a physician licensed to practice
under KRS Chapter 311. Each team of physicians and athletic trainers shall ensure
that the referral of athletic injuries is appropriate to the athletic trainer's level of
training and experience.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
236, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 205, sec. 1,
effective June 17, 1978.
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