HB-4263, As Passed House, October 15, 2015HB-4263, As Passed Senate, October 15, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4263

 

February 26, 2015, Introduced by Rep. LaFontaine and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 16336, 17901, 17905, and 17906 (MCL

 

333.16336, 333.17901, 333.17905, and 333.17906), as added by 2006

 

PA 54.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 16336. Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure

 

 2  as an athletic trainer under part 179 are as follows:

 

 

      (a) Application processing fee................  $   75.00.

      (b) License fee, per year.....................  $  200.00.

                                                      $  100.00.

 

 

 6        Sec. 17901. (1) As used in this part:

 

 7        (a) "Athletic trainer" means an individual engaged in the

 

 8  practice of athletic training.


 

 1        (b) "Practice of athletic training" means the treatment of

 

 2  an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the

 

 3  clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury

 

 4  or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an

 

 5  individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the

 

 6  rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or

 

 7  illness, or both, as long as if those activities are within the

 

 8  rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the

 

 9  direction and supervision of, on the prescription of, or in

 

10  collaboration with an individual licensed under part 170 or 175.

 

11  The practice of athletic training does not include the practice

 

12  of physical therapy, the practice of medicine, the practice of

 

13  osteopathic medicine and surgery, the practice of chiropractic,

 

14  or medical diagnosis or treatment.

 

15        (2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1

 

16  contains general definitions and principles of construction

 

17  applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains

 

18  definitions applicable to this part.

 

19        Sec. 17905. (1) The department shall issue a license under

 

20  this article as an athletic trainer to an individual who meets

 

21  all of the following requirements:

 

22        (a) Applies to the department on a form provided by the

 

23  department.

 

24        (b) Meets the requirements for licensure in rules

 

25  promulgated pursuant to section 17904.

 

26        (c) Pays the fees prescribed in section 16336.

 

27        (2) The department shall promulgate rules to provide for


 

 1  require at least 80 75 clock hours of continuing education within

 

 2  each 3-year license cycle in subjects related to athletic

 

 3  training and approved by the department.

 

 4        Sec. 17906. (1) A The department shall issue a license

 

 5  issued by the department under section 17905 shall be for a 3-

 

 6  year license cycle. The license is renewable upon payment of the

 

 7  prescribed license renewal fee and , beginning with the third

 

 8  year after the effective date of the rules promulgated under

 

 9  section 17905(2), submission to the department of proof of

 

10  satisfactory completion of at least 80 75 clock hours of

 

11  continuing education within the 3-year license cycle in subjects

 

12  related to athletic training and approved by the department.

 

13        (2) In addition to the continuing education requirements of

 

14  subsection (1), an athletic trainer shall submit along with his

 

15  or her application for license renewal proof satisfactory to the

 

16  department of both of the following:

 

17        (a) That he or she has successfully completed a course of

 

18  training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and foreign

 

19  body obstruction of the airway automated external defibrillator

 

20  use for health care professionals or emergency services personnel

 

21  approved by the department and offered or approved by the

 

22  American Red Cross, the American heart association, Heart

 

23  Association, or a comparable organization, as determined by the

 

24  department.

 

25        (b) That he or she holds, at the time of application for

 

26  renewal and at all times during the previous license period, a

 

27  valid certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary


 

 1  resuscitation issued by the organization offering the training.

 

 2        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

 3  after the date it is enacted into law.