ATHLETIC TRAINER LICENSURE H.B. 4893 (H-2): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 4893 (Substitute H-2 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Edward Gaffney, Jr.
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Health Policy
CONTENT
The bill would add Part 179 to the Public Health Code to provide for the licensure of athletic trainers. The bill would do all of the following:
-- Prohibit a person from engaging in the practice of athletic training unless licensed under Part 179 or otherwise authorized to engage in that practice.
-- Require the Department of Community Health (DCH) to issue an athletic trainer license to an applicant who met the criteria for licensure contained in rules promulgated under Part 179, and paid the required fees.
-- Establish a $75 application processing fee and a $200 annual license fee.
-- Require a licensed athletic trainer, when renewing a license, to submit proof that he or she successfully completed training in first aid, CPR, and foreign body obstruction of the airway, and proof that he or she met certain continuing education requirements.
-- Require the DCH to promulgate rules establishing minimum licensure standards and standards of care for the practice of athletic training.
-- Prohibit a person from calling himself or herself an athletic trainer, or using certain other titles, without being licensed.
-- Create the Michigan Athletic Trainer Board within the DCH.
The bill would take effect on December 1, 2006.
MCL 333.16263 et al. Legislative Analyst: Julie Koval
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would likely have no fiscal impact upon State or local government. The State would incur additional administrative and staff costs associated with the creation and enforcement of application standards and processing applications for licensure. This administrative cost would be offset by revenue generated through fees established in the bill for application processing and licensure.
Date Completed: 2-16-06 Fiscal Analyst: David Fosdick
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. hb4893/0506