Permits certain licensed athletic trainers who are licensed to practice in another state or territory to provide athletic training services to athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sporting event or performance in this state.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9013
SPONSOR: Solages TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain
licensed athletic trainers to practice in New York state if they are
licensed to practice in another state or territory
PURPOSE:
To allow licensed trainers to practice in the state of New York if they
are licensed in another state.
SUMMARY:
Section 1. Section 8356 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4.
Section 2. Sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
When an away team comes to New York state, its staff should have the
ability to carry out their professional duties. There is no law in New
York state explicitly allowing for licensed athletic trainers in other
states to practice here when they are traveling for job-related
purposes. This bill simply codifies the ability of an athletic trainer
to work in New York for the time of a sporting event or performance.
By granting traveling licensed athletic trainers the ability to practice
in the state of New York, we continue to grow and strengthen this
profession nationwide.
RACIAL JUSTICE IMPACT:
TBD.
GENDER JUSTICE IMPACT:
TBD.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, takes effect. Effective immediately,
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9013
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2024
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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 permitting certain
licensed athletic trainers to practice in New York state if they are
licensed to practice in another state or territory
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8356 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. (a) Any athletic trainer who is licensed and in good standing in
4 another state or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide
5 athletic training services to athletes and team personnel of a United
6 States sports team recognized by the United States Olympic and Paralym-
7 pic Committees or an out-of-state secondary school, an institution of
8 postsecondary education, a professional or amateur athletic organization
9 sports team, or a performing arts troupe, may provide athletic training
10 services to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned
11 team sporting event or performance in this state as defined by the
12 commissioner in regulations, provided such services are provided only to
13 such athletes and team personnel at the discrete sanctioned team sport-
14 ing event or performance. Any such athletic training services shall be
15 provided only five days before through three days after each discrete
16 sanctioned team sporting event or traveling performance.
17 (b) Any person practicing as an athletic trainer in this state pursu-
18 ant to this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject
19 matter jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the
20 board of regents as if he or she is a licensee and as if the exemption
21 pursuant to this subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply
22 with applicable provisions of the rules of the board of regents, and the
23 regulations of the commissioner, relating to professional misconduct,
24 disciplinary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
26 manner as chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, takes effect. Effective imme-
27 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
28 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
29 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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