STATE OF NEW YORK
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10823
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the supervision of
athletic trainers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8351 of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Supervision of an athletic trainer by a physician shall be contin-
5 uous but shall not be construed as requiring the physical presence of
6 the supervising physician at the time and place where such services are
7 performed, provided however, that such supervision shall include a
8 signed written agreement or protocol created collaboratively between the
9 supervising physician and licensed athletic trainer. The written agree-
10 ment or protocol shall address and describe the nature and scope of
11 athletic training services to be performed by such licensed athletic
12 trainer, in accordance with this title. Such written agreement or proto-
13 col shall be reviewed at least once a year by the supervising physician
14 and athletic trainer and revised if necessary. No physician shall super-
15 vise more than [four] six athletic trainers at one time, except that
16 such limitation shall not apply for athletic trainers practicing in
17 secondary schools, and institutions of postsecondary education, who are
18 practicing under the supervision of a physician who serves as the
19 medical director for such school or institution.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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