Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 9 - Board of Medical Licensure › Section 201 KAR 9:290 - Athletic trainers; interpretation and application of KRS 311.901(1) and 311.903(2)

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 13B, 311.591-311.593, 311.599, 311.900,
				311.901(1), 311.903(2), 311.905, 311.911
NECESSITY, FUNCTION & CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				311.901(1) and
				311.903(2)
				require that the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure promulgate administrative
				regulations relating to the licensure and regulation of athletic trainers,
				including procedures for eligibility and credentialing, procedures for license
				renewal and reinstatement, procedures for complaints and disciplinary actions,
				a code of ethical standards, standards of practice, objectives of athletic
				training, procedures for name and contact information changes, procedures of
				licensure renewal and reinstatement of active duty military individuals,
				procedures for documentation standards, requirements for foreign-trained
				athletic trainers, a formulary of legend medications that may be obtained,
				transported, provided, and administered when providing athletic training
				services, and requirements for invasive procedures. This administrative
				regulation establishes the procedures for eligibility and credentialing of
				US-trained and foreign-trained athletic trainers, procedures for license
				renewal and reinstatement including for active duty military individuals,
				procedures for complaints and disciplinary actions, a code of ethical
				standards, standards of practice, objectives of athletic training, procedures
				for name and contact information changes, procedures for documentation
				standards, a formulary of legend medications that may be obtained, transported,
				provided, and administered when providing athletic training services, and
				requirements for invasive procedures.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Athletic
			 injury" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311.900(2).
(2) "BLS" means basic life support.
(3) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of
			 Medical Licensure.
(4) "BOC" means
			 National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification, Inc.
(5) means the insertion of a dry solid
			 filiform needle, without medication, into a trigger point with the goal of
			 releasing or inactivating the trigger points for the treatment of myofascial or
			 musculoskeletal pain or soft tissue dysfunction.
(6) "IM" means intramuscular.
(7) "IV" means intravenous.
(8) "Legend drug" or "legend medication"
			 means any drug, except for Schedule II, III, IV, or V drugs as defined in the
			 Controlled Substances Act,
			 21
			 U.S.C. secs. 801 et seq., approved by the
			 U.S. Food and Drug Administration that can be dispensed to the public only with
			 a prescription from a medical doctor or other licensed practitioner.
(9) "OTC" means an over-the-counter
			 medication and is any medicine sold directly to a consumer without a
			 requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional.
(10) "SubQ" means subcutaneous.
(11) "Supervising physician" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311.900(6).
(12) "Supervision" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311.900(7).