AB 1647
An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18898)
to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to
athletics.
legislative counsel's digest
AB 1647, Hayashi. Athletics.
Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions
and vocations, including those of an athlete agent. This bill would make it unlawful for any person to hold himself or herself out as a certified athletic trainer unless he or she has been certified by the Board of Certification, Inc., and has either graduated from a college or university, after completing an accredited athletic training education program, as specified, or completed requirements for certification by the Board of
Certification, Inc., prior to January 1, 2004. The bill would make it an unfair business practice to violate these provisions. The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18898)
is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to
read:
Chapter 2.7. Athletic Trainers
18898. (a) No person shall hold himself or herself out to be a
certified athletic trainer unless he or she meets the following
requirements:
(1) He or she has done either of the following:
(A) Graduated from a college or university after completing an athletic training education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, or its predecessors or successors.
(B) Completed requirements for certification by the Board of Certification, Inc., prior to January 1, 2004.
(2) He or she has been certified by the Board of Certification, Inc.
(b) It is an unfair business practice within the meaning of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 for any person to use the title of "certified athletic trainer" or any other term, such as "licensed," "registered," or "ATC," that implies or suggests that the person is certified as an athletic trainer, if the person does not meet the requirements of subdivision (a).
California Athletic Trainers:
Fighting to be Defined!