BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2014
	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 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 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  
worked as an athletic trainer  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) A person shall not hold himself or herself out to be
an athletic trainer or a certified athletic 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 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   a  person to use the title 
of  "athletic trainer," "certified athletic trainer" or any
other term, such as "certified," "licensed," "registered," "AT,"
"ATC," or "CAT," that implies or suggests that the person is an
athletic trainer, if he or she does not meet the requirements of
subdivision (a).
   18899.  Notwithstanding Section 18898, a person who has 
practiced athletic training   worked as an athletic
trainer  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."