Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 317 — State of New Jersey (March 24, 2025)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 317, State of New Jersey, dated March 24, 2025, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. The bill revises the "Athletic Training Licensure Act," P.L.1984, c.203, updating the definition of "athletic training" to cover injury prevention, clinical evaluation and rehabilitation of a physically active person, and deleting references to "athlete." It requires athletic trainers to display, or carry if display is not possible, a practicing license at any place the athletic trainer renders services, and to have completed a degree program meeting standards of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. The amendments define illnesses that may require immediate intervention under a physician's supervision and refer to the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
317

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH
24, 2025

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 317.

This bill revises the “Athletic Training Licensure
Act,” P.L.1984, c.203 (C.45:9-37.35 et seq.).

As amended, the bill updates the definition of
“athletic training” in to include the treatment of a physically active person
for injury prevention and health management; the clinical evaluation and
assessment of a physically active person for an injury or illness, or both; and
the rehabilitation and reconditioning of a physically active person’s injury or
illness, or both.

The bill also clarifies that athletic trainer law is
not to be construed as authorizing the interpretation of data for the purpose
of diagnosing disease, organic condition or the practice of various licensed
health care professions, including the practice of medicine and surgery,
chiropractic, podiatry, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or prosthetics,
by a person who is not licensed to practice such profession. The bill’s
revisions to the law include various amendments to delete references to
“athlete,” thereby acknowledging the fact that athletic trainers provide
services to physically active persons generally, rather than athletes
specifically.

The bill requires athletic trainers to display, or
carry on the athletic trainer’s person if displaying is not possible, a practicing
license at any place the athletic trainer renders services.

The bill defines illnesses that may require immediate
intervention by an athletic trainer, acting with the consent and under
supervision of a physician.

The bill adjusts educational requirements for athletic
trainers, and provides that trainers must have graduated or completed a program
that led to a degree in professional athletic training that meets the academic
standards for athletic trainers established by the Commission on Accreditation
of Athletic Training Education or its successor organization.

This bill was prefiled for introduction in the
2024-2025 session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :

The committee amended the bill to:

(1) replace references to the treatment of
individuals with references to physically active persons;

(2) define illnesses that may require immediate
intervention by an athletic trainer, acting with the consent and under
supervision of a physician;

(3) adjust educational requirements for athletic
trainers, and provide that trainers must have graduated or completed a program
that led to a degree in professional athletic training that meets the academic
standards for athletic trainers established by the Commission on Accreditation
of Athletic Training Education or its successor organization;

(4) replace references to the National Athletic
Trainers' Association Board of Certification, Inc., with references to the Board
of Certification for the Athletic Trainer; and

(5) make certain technical corrections.

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