Act No. 166

Public Acts of 2015

Approved by the Governor

October 28, 2015

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 28, 2015

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 26, 2016

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

Introduced by Rep. LaFontaine

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4263

AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” 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:

Sec. 16336. Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure as an athletic trainer under part 179 are as follows:

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

(b) License fee, per year................................................................................................................................................ $ 100.00.

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

(a) “Athletic trainer” means an individual engaged in the practice of athletic training.

(b) “Practice of athletic training” means the treatment of an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual’s injury or illness, or both, if those activities are within the rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the direction of, on the prescription of, or in collaboration with an individual licensed under part 170 or 175. The practice of athletic training does not include the practice of physical therapy, the practice of medicine, the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the practice of chiropractic, or medical diagnosis or treatment.

(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part.

Sec. 17905. (1) The department shall issue a license under this article as an athletic trainer to an individual who meets all of the following requirements:

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

(b) Meets the requirements for licensure in rules promulgated pursuant to section 17904.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules to require at least 75 clock hours of continuing education within each 3-year license cycle in subjects related to athletic training and approved by the department.

Sec. 17906. (1) The department shall issue a license under section 17905 for a 3-year license cycle. The license is renewable upon payment of the prescribed license renewal fee and submission to the department of proof of satisfactory completion of at least 75 clock hours of continuing education within the 3-year license cycle in subjects related to athletic training and approved by the department.

(2) In addition to the continuing education requirements of subsection (1), an athletic trainer shall submit along with his or her application for license renewal proof satisfactory to the department of both of the following:

(a) That he or she has successfully completed a course of training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and automated external defibrillator use for health care professionals or emergency services personnel approved by the department and offered or approved by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or a comparable organization, as determined by the department.

(b) That he or she holds, at the time of application for renewal and at all times during the previous license period, a valid certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the organization offering the training.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor