BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18898) to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to athletic
trainers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, as amended, Chau. Athletic trainers.
   Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions
and vocations, including those of an athlete agent.
   This bill would make it unlawful for any person to hold himself or
herself out as  an athletic trainer or  a certified
athletic trainer  , or to use specified terms to imply or suggest
that the person is an athletic trainer,  unless he or she
 has been   is  certified by the Board of
Certification, Inc., and has either graduated from a college or
university, after completing an accredited athletic training
education program, as specified, or completed  eligibility 
requirements for certification by the Board of Certification, Inc.,
prior to January 1, 2004. The bill would make it an unfair business
practice to  violate these provisions   use the
title "athletic trainer," "certified athletic trainer," or other
specified terms that imply or suggest that the person is an athletic
trainer if he or she does not meet the requirements described above
 . 
   This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would authorize a
person who has practiced athletic training in California for a period
of 20 consecutive years prior to January 1, 2015, and who is not
otherwise eligible to use the title of "athletic trainer," to use
that title. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 18898) is added to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 2.7.  ATHLETIC TRAINERS


   18898.  (a)  No   A  person shall 
not  hold himself or herself out to be  an athletic trainer
or  a certified athletic  trainer  
trainer, or use the term "AT," "ATC," or "CAT" to imply or suggest
that the person is an athletic trainer,  unless he or she meets
the following requirements:
   (1) He or she has done either of the following:
   (A) Graduated from a college or university after completing an
athletic training education program accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, or its predecessors or
successors.
   (B) Completed  eligibility  requirements for
certification by the Board of Certification, Inc., prior to January
1, 2004.
   (2) He or she  has been   is  certified
by the Board of Certification, Inc.
   (b) It is an unfair business practice within the meaning of
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 for
any person to use the title of  "athletic trainer,   "
 "certified athletic trainer" or any other term, such as 
"certified,"  "licensed," "registered,"  or 
 "AT,   "  "ATC,"  or "CAT   ," 
that implies or suggests that the person is  certified as
 an athletic trainer, if  the person  
he or she  does not meet the requirements of subdivision (a).

   18899.  Notwithstanding Section 18898, a person who has practiced
athletic training in California for a period of 20 consecutive years
prior to January 1, 2015, and who is not otherwise eligible to use
the title of "athletic trainer," may use the title "athletic trainer."