(a) The commissioner shall grant a license to practice athletic training to an applicant who presents evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of having met the requirements of section 20-65j. An application for such license shall be made on a form required by the commissioner. The fee for an initial license under this section shall be one hundred ninety dollars.

(b) A license to practice athletic training may be renewed in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88, provided (1) any licensee applying for license renewal shall maintain certification as an athletic trainer by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization, and (2) if such licensee practices athletic training in a workplace that is unrelated to a professional, amateur, school, collegiate or other sports organization or a health care facility, such licensee shall provide evidence of having completed (A) the ten-hour Outreach Training Program offered by the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration for the construction industry or general industry, and (B) not less than forty-five hours of direct supervision by a person licensed to practice athletic training under this section or a licensed health care provider or, in the alternative, a three-credit, college-level course in the prevention, treatment and care of injuries in a workplace setting offered as part of a nationally accredited program of higher learning, as defined in section 10a-34. The fee for such renewal shall be two hundred five dollars.

(c) The department may, upon receipt of an application for athletic training licensure, accompanied by the licensure application fee of one hundred ninety dollars, issue a temporary permit to a person who has met the requirements of subsection (a) of section 20-65j, except that the applicant has not yet sat for or received the results of the athletic training certification examination administered by the Board of Certification, Inc., or its successor organization. Such temporary permit shall authorize the permittee to practice athletic training under the supervision of a person licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such practice shall be limited to those settings where the licensed supervisor is physically present on the premises and is immediately available to render assistance and supervision, as needed, to the permittee. Such temporary permit shall be valid for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty calendar days after the date of completion of the required course of study in athletic training and shall not be renewable. Such permit shall become void and shall not be reissued in the event that the permittee fails to pass the athletic training certification examination. No permit shall be issued to any person who has previously failed the athletic training certification examination or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint or pending professional disciplinary action. Violation of the restrictions on practice set forth in this section may constitute a basis for denial of licensure as an athletic trainer.

(d) For registration periods beginning on or after October 1, 2017, a licensee who provides direct patient care services and who is applying for license renewal shall maintain professional liability insurance, or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice, unless such insurance or other indemnity is provided by the licensee’s employer. The amount of insurance that each such licensee shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars.

(e) For registration periods beginning on and after October 1, 2017, a licensee who practices athletic training in a workplace shall, upon request of his or her employer, make available for review on a quarterly basis, all of such licensee’s records of athletic training with a physically active individual.

(P.A. 00-226, S. 6, 20; P.A. 04-221, S. 23; P.A. 06-195, S. 45; P.A. 07-252, S. 57; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 188; P.A. 15-244, S. 114; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474; P.A. 17-195, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 00-226 effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner, i.e. April 11, 2006; P.A. 04-221 amended Subsec. (b) by adding requirement that licensee maintain national certification, effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner, i.e. April 11, 2006 (Revisor’s note: In 2005, a reference to “providing” in Subsec. (b) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “provided” for proper form); P.A. 06-195 changed “National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification, Inc.” to “Board of Certification, Inc.” in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-252 added Subsec. (c) re temporary permit to practice athletic training; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to increase fees from $150 to $190 and amended Subsec. (b) to increase fee from $100 to $200; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (b) to increase renewal fee from $200 to $205, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 114, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 17-195 amended Subsec. (b) by designating provisions re licensee applying for license renewal to maintain certification as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re licensees practicing athletic training in workplace unrelated to professional, amateur, school, collegiate or other sports organization or a health care facility, added Subsec. (d) re professional liability insurance, and added Subsec. (e) re making records available for review by the employer.