West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 16 - Physical Therapy › Title 16 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WV BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY › Series 16-05 - General Provisions For Athletic Trainers › Section 16-5-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following words and phrases as used in these rules shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
2.1. "Applicant" means any person making
				application for an original or renewal license or a temporary permit to act as
				an athletic trainer under the provisions of the W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.2. "Athletic injury or
				condition" means any injury or condition sustained by an individual that occurs
				during, or as a result of, the individual's participation in organized athletic
				or recreational athletic activity that requires physical strength, agility,
				flexibility, speed, stamina, or range of motion or a substantially similar
				injury or condition resulting from occupational activity immediately upon the
				onset of such injury or condition.
2.3. "Athletic Trainer" is an individual
				engaged in the practice of athletic training who holds a license under the
				provisions of the W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.4. "Athletic training" and "the
				practice of athletic training" means the care and services provided by a
				licensed athletic trainer as described under the provisions of the W. Va. Code
				§
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.5. "Board" means the West
				Virginia Board of Physical Therapy established under W. Va. Code §
									30-20-1
				et. seq.
2.6. "Consulting" means
				that an athletic trainer renders an opinion or advice to another athletic
				trainer or health care provider through telecommunication or other means or
				electronic communication.
2.7.
				"Direct supervision" means the licensed athletic trainer must be physically
				present and be able to intervene on behalf of the athletic training student,
				permittee, and patient when the athletic training student is providing athletic
				training services.
2.8. "Dry
				Needling" is a skilled technique performed by an athletic trainer using
				filiform needles to penetrate the skin and/or underlying tissues to affect
				changes in body structure and functions for the evaluation and management of
				neuromusculoskeletal conditions, pain, movement impairments, and disability.
2.9. "General supervision" means
				referral by prescription to treat conditions for an athletic injury or
				condition from a licensed doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of
				chiropractic, podiatrist or physical therapist except that the physical
				presence of the licensed doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of
				chiropractic, podiatrist or physical therapist is not required if the
				supervising licensed doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of
				chiropractic, podiatrist or physical therapist is readily available for
				consultation by direct communication, radio, telephone, facsimile,
				telecommunications or other electronic means.
2.10. "License" means an athletic trainer
				license or license to act as an athletic trainer issued by the Board under the
				provisions of the W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.11. "Licensee" means a person
				licensed as an athletic trainer under the provisions of the W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.12. "Originating site" means the
				location of the person receiving care, whether or not accompanied by an
				athletic trainer at the time services are provided through telehealth,
				including but not limited to, an out-patient facility, hospital, critical
				access hospital, rural health clinic, federally qualified health center, a
				patient's home, and other nonmedical environments such as school-based health
				centers, university based health centers, or the work location of a
				patient.
2.13. "Permittee" means
				any person holding a temporary permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the
				W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-1, et.
				seq.
2.14. "Permit" or "temporary
				permit" means a temporary permit issued under the provisions of the W. Va. Code
				§
									30-20A-1, et. seq.
2.15. "Student" means an
				individual that's enrolled in an accredited athletic training program.
2.16. "Telehealth services" means
				the use of synchronous or asynchronous telecommunications technology by an
				athletic trainer to provide athletic training services, including, but not
				limited to, assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, and monitoring of a
				patient; transfer of medical data; patient and professional health-related
				education; public health services and health administration. This term does not
				include audio-only telephone calls, email messages, or facsimile transmissions.
2.17. "The practice of athletic
				training" means the services as described in W. Va. Code §
									30-20A-5.
2.18. "Unreversed" as that term
				refers to a criminal conviction, means that a conviction has not been set
				aside, vacated, pardoned, or expunged.