Bill > HB1083

This bill changes the terms describing the regulation of athletic trainers from "registration" to "license" and "licensure" and from "registrant" and "registered athletic trainer" to "licensee". The key provisions of the bill are: - It changes the terminology throughout the existing law from "registration" and "registrant" to "license" and "licensee". - It provides that on the effective date of the bill, each active athletic trainer registration becomes an active athletic trainer license by operation of law, without affecting any prior discipline, limitation, or condition imposed on the licensee or the director's authority over the licensee. - It maintains the existing requirements and process for obtaining an athletic trainer license, including license by endorsement. - It retains the existing provisions around renewal, scope of practice, disciplinary actions, and penalties for unauthorized practice. - The changes made by the bill take effect either on the day following the expiration of the 90-day period after final adjournment of the legislature, or on October 1, 2019 if a related bill (HB 19-1172) becomes law.