2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,238 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-1,238
Terms, defined.

For purposes of sections 71-1,238 to 71-1,242, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Athletic trainer means a person who is responsible for the prevention, emergency care, first aid, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries under guidelines established with a licensed physician and who is licensed to perform the functions set out in section 71-1,240. When athletic training is provided in a hospital outpatient department or clinic or an outpatient-based medical facility, the athletic trainer will perform the functions described in section 71-1,240 with a referral from a licensed physician for athletic training;

(2) Athletic training means the prevention, evaluation, emergency care, first aid, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries utilizing the treatments set out in section 71-1,240;

(3) Athletic injuries means the types of musculoskeletal injury or common illness and conditions which athletic trainers are educated to treat or refer, incurred by athletes, which prevent or limit participation in sports or recreation;

(4) Board means the Board of Athletic Training;

(5) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure; and

(6) Practice site means the location where the athletic trainer practices athletic training.

Source:

Laws 1986, LB 355, § 1

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 477

Laws 1999, LB 178, § 2

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 140

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 65

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska