As used in this chapter:
(a) "Athletic trainer" means an allied health professional with specific qualifications as set forth in Section 44-75-50 who, upon the advice and consent of a licensed physician, carries out the practice of care, prevention, and physical rehabilitation of athletic injuries, and who, in carrying out these functions, may use physical modalities, including, but not limited to, heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, or mechanical devices related to rehabilitation and treatment.
(b) "Certificate" means official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has successfully completed educational and other requirements referred to in this act which entitle that individual to perform the functions and duties of an athletic trainer.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
(d) "Board" means the Board of Health and Environmental Control.
HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 2; 1992 Act No. 330, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 61 (H.3621), Section 1, eff May 16, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 61, Section 1, in (a), substituted "means an allied health professional" for "means a person".
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