Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 152D.7. Practice or use of title--license required

1. An individual licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be designated a licensed athletic trainer and may use the letters “LAT” after the individual's name.

2. It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of athletic training, or use in connection with the person's name the title “athletic trainer”, “licensed athletic trainer”, “registered athletic trainer”, the letters “AT”, “AT,C”, “LAT”, “ATC/L”, or “ATC-L”, or other words, abbreviations, or insignia that imply or represent that the person practices athletic training, unless the person is licensed pursuant to this chapter.

3. The practice of physical reconditioning shall be carried out under the oral or written orders of a physician or physician assistant. A physician or physician assistant who issues an oral order must reduce the order to writing and provide a copy of the order to the athletic trainer within thirty days of the oral order.