(a) The board has the power and duty to:(1) Promulgate all rules that are reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5;(2) License athletic trainers in compliance with this chapter;(3) Prescribe application forms for licensure and conduct, or select a licensure examination and establish the prerequisites, if any, for admission to the examination. The board is authorized to enter into a contract or agreement with an examination service and/or select an intermediary between the board and the examination service to process applicants for the examination;(4) Establish fees, in addition to those enumerated in § 63-24-106, that are necessary for the operation of the board, in accordance with § 9-4-5117;(5) Establish guidelines and standards for athletic trainers in the state that are not inconsistent with the other provisions of this chapter, and the grounds upon which disciplinary action may be taken, in addition to those causes enumerated in § 63-24-107;(6) Establish all requirements for mandatory continuing education as a condition of continued licensure, including a mechanism for waiver of the requirements in cases of undue hardship; and(7) Establish minimum competency requirements that an athletic trainer must demonstrate in order to practice dry needling.
(1) Promulgate all rules that are reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5;
(2) License athletic trainers in compliance with this chapter;
(3) Prescribe application forms for licensure and conduct, or select a licensure examination and establish the prerequisites, if any, for admission to the examination. The board is authorized to enter into a contract or agreement with an examination service and/or select an intermediary between the board and the examination service to process applicants for the examination;
(4) Establish fees, in addition to those enumerated in § 63-24-106, that are necessary for the operation of the board, in accordance with § 9-4-5117;
(5) Establish guidelines and standards for athletic trainers in the state that are not inconsistent with the other provisions of this chapter, and the grounds upon which disciplinary action may be taken, in addition to those causes enumerated in § 63-24-107;
(6) Establish all requirements for mandatory continuing education as a condition of continued licensure, including a mechanism for waiver of the requirements in cases of undue hardship; and
(7) Establish minimum competency requirements that an athletic trainer must demonstrate in order to practice dry needling.
(b) (1) The minimum competency requirements, as described in subdivision (a)(7), must include:(A) At least fifty (50) hours of instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems;(ii) Anatomical basis of pain mechanisms, chronic pain, and referral pain;(iii) Trigger points; and(iv) Universal precaution; and(B) At least twenty-four (24) hours of dry needling specific instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Dry needling technique;(ii) Dry needling indications and contraindications;(iii) Dry needling documentation;(iv) Management of adverse effects;(v) Practical psychomotor competency; and(vi) Bloodborne pathogens protocol.(2) The board shall approve the schools and organizations that provide sufficient instruction to satisfy this subsection (b).
(1) The minimum competency requirements, as described in subdivision (a)(7), must include:(A) At least fifty (50) hours of instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems;(ii) Anatomical basis of pain mechanisms, chronic pain, and referral pain;(iii) Trigger points; and(iv) Universal precaution; and(B) At least twenty-four (24) hours of dry needling specific instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Dry needling technique;(ii) Dry needling indications and contraindications;(iii) Dry needling documentation;(iv) Management of adverse effects;(v) Practical psychomotor competency; and(vi) Bloodborne pathogens protocol.
(A) At least fifty (50) hours of instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems;(ii) Anatomical basis of pain mechanisms, chronic pain, and referral pain;(iii) Trigger points; and(iv) Universal precaution; and
(i) Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems;
(ii) Anatomical basis of pain mechanisms, chronic pain, and referral pain;
(iii) Trigger points; and
(iv) Universal precaution; and
(B) At least twenty-four (24) hours of dry needling specific instruction, which must include each of the following areas:(i) Dry needling technique;(ii) Dry needling indications and contraindications;(iii) Dry needling documentation;(iv) Management of adverse effects;(v) Practical psychomotor competency; and(vi) Bloodborne pathogens protocol.
(i) Dry needling technique;
(ii) Dry needling indications and contraindications;
(iii) Dry needling documentation;
(iv) Management of adverse effects;
(v) Practical psychomotor competency; and
(vi) Bloodborne pathogens protocol.
(2) The board shall approve the schools and organizations that provide sufficient instruction to satisfy this subsection (b).
(c) The board shall pay all money received by it into the state treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration shall make such allotments out of the general fund that the commissioner may deem proper for the necessary and proper expenses of the board. No expenditure shall be made by the board, unless and until the allotment has been made by the commissioner. The allotment shall be disbursed under the general budgetary laws of the state.