Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 271.7a. Athletic trainers

(a) An athletic trainer licensed by the board may, under the direction of a physician, podiatrist or dentist, provide athletic training services to a physically active person under the care of a physician, dentist or podiatrist. An athletic trainer licensed under this section shall refer a physically active person with conditions outside the scope of athletic training services to a physician, dentist or podiatrist.

(b) Deleted by 2011, Dec. 22, P.L. 567, No. 123, § 3, effective in 60 days [Feb. 21, 2012].

(b.1) Transitional rule.--

(c) An athletic trainer who meets the requirements of this section shall be licensed, may use the title “athletic trainer” or the abbreviation for the title, “A.T.L.,” and may perform athletic training services. A person who is not licensed under this section may not use the designation of licensed athletic trainer, athletic trainer or any of the listed abbreviations for that title, including “L.A.T.” or “A.T.L.,” or any similar designation. This section shall not prohibit any person trained and licensed or certified under any other law from engaging in the licensed or certified practice in which the person is trained.

(d) The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine and the State Board of Medicine shall jointly promulgate regulations which:

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, doctors of medicine may supervise and direct the activities of athletic trainers to the same extent as physicians regulated by this act.

(f) The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine shall be responsible for the licensure of athletic trainers. Jurisdiction will be determined by the type of physician who supervises and directs the licensed athletic trainer. Licensed athletic trainers supervised by a doctor of osteopathy shall fall within the jurisdiction of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.