88R19786 MAW-F
 
  By: Morrison H.B. No. 2512
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2512:
 
  By:  Klick C.S.H.B. No. 2512
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of athletic trainers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 451.001(1) and (3), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "Athletic injury" means an injury sustained by a
  person as a result of physical activity or exercise or the person's
  participation in an organized sport or sport-related exercise or
  activity, including interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural,
  recreational, semiprofessional, and professional sports
  activities.
               (3)  "Athletic training" means the form of health care
  that includes principles and methods for managing and treating
  athletic injuries for athletic individuals in good general health
  [the practice of preventing, recognizing, assessing, managing,
  treating, disposing of, and reconditioning athletic injuries]
  under the direction of a physician licensed in this state or another
  qualified, licensed health professional who is authorized to refer
  for health care services within the scope of the person's license,
  and consists of:
                     (A)  managing the risk of an athletic injury or
  illness;
                     (B)  preventing an athletic injury or illness;
                     (C)  assessing an athletic injury or illness;
                     (D)  providing immediate emergency care;
                     (E)  providing therapeutic intervention for an
  athletic injury; and
                     (F)  reconditioning an athletic injury or
  illness.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.