Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 31 - Athletic Trainers › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-3103 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
					 Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings specified.
Advisory Committee
-the Athletic Training
						Advisory Committee to the Board, constituted under and pursuant to §3104
Applicant
-a person who has applied to
						the board for licensure as an athletic trainer
Application
-
a
request
						received by the board, in a manner prescribed by the board, for licensure as an
						athletic trainer in the state of Louisiana.
Athlete
-an individual designated as such
						by the board, an educational institution, a professional athletic organization,
						or other board-approved organization who participates in an athletic activity
						sponsored by such institution or organization.
Athletic Trainer
-an individual licensed
						by the board as an athletic trainer with the specific qualifications set forth
						in
						R.S.
						37:3306.1 who, under the general supervision
						of a physician, carries out the practice of prevention, emergency management,
						and physical rehabilitation of injuries and sports-related conditions incurred
						by athletes. In carrying out these functions, the athletic trainer shall use
						whatever physical modalities are prescribed by a team physician or consulting
						physician, or both.
Approved
- as applied to a school,
						college, university, organization, program, curriculum, or course of study,
						shall mean affirmatively recognized and sanctioned by the board in accordance
						with §3111-3117 of this Chapter.
BOC
-Board of Certification for the
						athletic trainer or its successor.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners.
Board-Approved Organization
-one of the
						following:
a. approved organization,
					 including but not limited to the Amateur Athletic Union, the International
					 Olympic Committee and its affiliates including but not limited to the U.S.
					 Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sports Organization, the National
					 Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate
					 Athletics, college and university intramural sports, and sports events of the
					 National Federation of State High School Associations;
b. an organization, whose athletic activity
					 meets one or more of the following:
i. has an
					 officially-designated coach or individual who has the responsibility for
					 athletic activities of the organization;
ii. has a regular schedule of practices or
					 workouts that are supervised by an officially-designated coach or
					 individual;
iii. is an activity
					 generally recognized as having an established schedule of competitive events or
					 exhibitions;
iv. has a policy that
					 requires documentation of having a signed medical clearance by a licensed
					 physician or other board authorized health care provider as a condition for
					 participation for the athletic activities of the organization.