Title 34 — Title 34

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Athletic Trainers Licensure Act.” History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-617, p. 1013, §1.)

The board may refuse to issue a license certificate to any individual and, after notice and hearing pursuant to its rules, may suspend or revoke the license certificate of any individual who does any of the following: (1) Practices athletic training other than under the supervisi…

(a) Any person whose application for a license is denied is entitled to a hearing before the board if the person submits a written request to the board. Proceedings for revocation or suspension of a license shall be commenced by filing charges with the board in writing and under …

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished and fined, or both, as provided by law. History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-617, p. 1013, §12.)

Any person who holds a license pursuant to this chapter as an athletic trainer may use the words “athletic trainer” or “licensed athletic trainer,” and may use the letters “LAT” in connection with his or her name to denote his or her licensure as an athletic trainer. History: (Ac…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Athletic Trainers Fund. All receipts of the Alabama Athletic Trainers Board shall be deposited into this fund. The expenses incurred by the Alabama Athletic Trainers Board in carrying out the provisions of th…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize an athletic trainer to engage in the practice of medicine; to diagnose, treat, or cure any human disease, illness, ailment, infirmity, pain, or other condition that is not an athletic injury; to perform surgery of any type or descriptio…

An athletic trainer employed in a physical therapy clinic shall work under the administrative supervision of a physical therapist in the context of an employer/employee relationship. The authority of the physical therapist may not supersede the authority of the physician regardin…

The Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers is subject to the provisions of the Alabama Sunset Law of 1981, shall be classified an enumerated agency under Section 41- 20-3, and shall terminate on October 1, 1997, unless continued as therein provided. If continued, the board shall be r…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL. The Advisory Council of the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers created purs…

Meeting; Terms; Duties. (a) The Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers shall be composed of nine members who shall serve four-year terms. Members may not serve more than three consecutive four-year terms. Three members shall be a member of a minority class, one of whom shall be a phy…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law regarding the composition of the Board of Athletic Trainers, the membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state and each member of the board shall be a resi…

Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers. (a) There is created the Advisory Council of the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers. The membership of the advisory council shall include all of the following: (1) Three physicians, appointed by the Stat…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ATHLETIC TRAINER. The same meaning as the term “athletic training practice,” as defined by Section 34-40-2. This term includes after school sporting event coverage. (2) ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVIC…

(a) There is established the Athletic Trainer Secondary School Incentive Program. The program shall be administered by the board. (b) The board shall award funds to local boards of education to incentivize the recruitment and retention of athletic trainers at rural secondary scho…

(a) A local board of education may apply for a grant from the incentive program if, during the academic school year, an athletic trainer provided an average of at least 25 hours of athletic training services per week to a rural secondary school or Title I secondary school under t…

(a) The board shall develop an application form and adopt procedures for the administration of the incentive program application, including for the development of application criteria and a timeline for application review and grant disbursement. (b)(1) The local superintendent of…

(a) Upon the receipt of a grant from the incentive program, the local board of education shall distribute the grant funds as a stipend to the qualifying athletic trainer. (1) If multiple athletic trainers provided an average of at least 25 hours of athletic training services per …

No person shall use the title “athletic trainer”, “certified athletic trainer”, or “licensed athletic trainer”, or use the letters “LAT”, “ATC”, or “AT”, or any other facsimile thereof, whether or not compensation is received or expected, unless the person is licensed as an athle…

(a) Any individual seeking licensure as an athletic trainer shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, an individual who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government, and meets at least …

An athletic trainer, as a qualified health care professional, functioning under the supervision of a physician, may use therapeutic exercise and modalities for the treatment of athletic injuries for which he or she has received appropriate training or education. History: (Acts 19…

(a) This article shall be known and cited as the Athletic Trainer Compact. The purposes of this compact are to expand mobility of athletic training practice and improve public access to services by providing qualified licensed athletic trainers the ability to practice in other me…

As used in this compact, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any individual with full-time duty status in the active Armed Forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Rese…

(a) To be eligible to join this compact and to maintain eligibility as a member state, a state must: (1) Enact and maintain a statute that is not materially different from the model compact language; (2) License and regulate the practice of athletic training; (3) Require that lic…

(a) To be eligible for a compact privilege under the terms and provisions of this compact, the licensee shall complete a criminal background check performed by the licensing authority in the state of qualifying licensure before entry in the compact and shall: (1) Satisfy one of t…

(a) A licensee may only designate one license as his or her compact qualifying license at a time. The procedures for the designation may be further defined by compact commission rule. (b) Nothing in this section shall require that the state of qualifying licensure be the state of…

2026.] An active military member or his or her spouse shall not be required to pay a fee to the commission for a compact privilege. If a member state chooses to charge a member state fee, the member state may choose to charge a reduced fee or no fee to an active military member o…

(a) A member state in which a licensee is issued a compact qualifying license shall have the exclusive authority to impose adverse action against the compact qualifying license issued by that member state. (b) A member state may take adverse action based on current significant in…

October 1, 2026.] (a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted this compact known as the Athletic Trainer Licensure Compact Commission. The compact commission is an instrumenta…

(a) The compact commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system and reporting system containing licensure, compact privileges, adverse action, and the presence of current significant investigative information on a…

(a) The compact commission shall adopt reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of this compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule …

(a) Any person actively engaged as an athletic trainer on May 13, 1993, shall be issued a license certificate if the athletic trainer submits proof of three years of experience as an athletic trainer within the preceding five-year period, receives approval by the board, and pays …

2026.] (a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicia…

2026.] (a) This compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state. (1) On or after the effective date of the compact, the compact commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven mem…

(a) This compact and the compact commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of this compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not…

1, 2026.] (a) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, rules, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the ex…

All licenses issued by the board to athletic trainers shall expire on the last day of December each year. The license may be renewed on payment of a renewal fee, fixed by the board, completion of continuing education, and current licensee information, as may be needed. The board …

Certain Persons. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting any of the following individuals from engaging in the profession or occupation for which they are licensed, certified, or registered in Alabama as follows: (1) Physicians and surgeons lic…