Section 14-5D-10 – Authority Granted by License
(a) An athletic trainer license authorizes the licensee to practice athletic training services while the license is effective. (b) A licensed athletic trainer shall practice athletic training in accordance with the evaluation and treatment protocol between the athletic trainer and a licensed physician.
Section 14-5D-11 – Supervision Required; Evaluation and Treatment Protocol
(a) Nothing in this title may be construed to authorize an athletic trainer to practice except under the supervision of a licensed physician. (b) Before an athletic trainer may practice athletic training, the athletic trainer shall: (1) Obtain a license under this subtitle; (2) Enter into a written evaluation and treatment protocol with a licensed physician; and (3) Except as […]
Section 14-5D-11.1 – Employment of Athletic Trainer Without License or Approved Evaluation and Treatment Protocol Prohibited
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a licensed physician may not employ or supervise an individual practicing athletic training without a license or without an approved evaluation and treatment protocol. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a hospital, an institution, an alternative health system, or any other employer may not employ an individual […]
Section 14-5D-11.2 – Notification to Board of Termination of Trainer
(a) A physician or an employer shall notify the Board within 10 days of the termination of an athletic trainer for reasons that would be grounds for discipline under this subtitle. (b) A supervising physician and an athletic trainer shall notify the Board within 10 days of the termination of the relationship under an evaluation and treatment […]
Section 14-5D-11.3 – Assumption of Duties Under Evaluation and Treatment Protocols; Disapproval
(a) (1) An athletic trainer may assume the duties under an evaluation and treatment protocol on the date that the Board acknowledges receipt of the completed evaluation and treatment protocol appropriate to the scope of practice if the protocol is given preliminary approval by Board staff and: (i) The evaluation and treatment protocol does not include specialized tasks; […]
Section 14-5D-12 – Expiration and Renewal of License
(a) (1) The term of a license issued by the Board may not exceed 3 years. (2) A license expires on a date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section. (b) At least 1 month before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee a renewal […]
Section 14-5D-12.1 – Notification to Board of Change of Address
(a) A licensee shall notify the Board in writing of a change in name or address within 60 days after the change. (b) A licensee who fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section is subject to an administrative penalty of $100.
Section 14-5D-13 – Surrender or Lapse of License
Unless the Board agrees to accept the surrender of a license, a licensed athletic trainer may not surrender the license nor may the license lapse by operation of law while the licensee is under investigation or while charges are pending against the licensee.
Section 14-5D-14 – Denial of License, Reprimand, Probation, or Suspension or Revocation of License
(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 14–405 of this title, a disciplinary panel, on the affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of the disciplinary panel, may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, place any licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke a license, if the applicant or licensee: (1) Fraudulently […]
Section 14-5D-15 – Hearing; Appeal
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in § 10–226 of the State Government Article, before the Board or a disciplinary panel takes any action under § 14–5D–14 of this subtitle, the Board or the disciplinary panel shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before a hearing officer. (2) The hearing […]