(d) to determine the need for an athletic
trainer and to permit individuals to serve as athletic trainers for interschool
athletic teams, intramural teams or physical education classes only in
accordance with the following:
(1)
Qualifications. Persons serving as an athletic trainer shall possess a valid
license as a certified athletic trainer from the State of New York issued
pursuant to article 162 of the Education Law and, commencing July 10, 2003 and
thereafter, shall have successfully completed training pursuant to Public
Health Law, section
3000-b(3)(a) in the
operation and use of an automated external defibrillator provided that persons
already serving as athletic trainers on July 10, 2003 shall successfully
complete such training no later than December 31, 2003.
(2) Scope of duties and responsibilities. The
practice of the profession of athletic training shall be as defined in
Education Law, section 8352. Consistent with Education Law, section
8352, the services provided by an athletic
trainer shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(i) prevention of athletic injuries,
including assessment of an athlete's physical readiness to
participate;
(ii) management of
athletic injuries;
(iii)
reconditioning to minimize the risk of re-injury and to return the athlete to
activity as soon as possible, excluding the reconditioning of neurologic
injuries, conditions or disease:
(iv) health care administration, including
medical recordkeeping, documentation and reporting of injuries, writing
policies and procedures, budgeting and referral of injured athletes to
appropriate authorized health care professionals when indicated;
(v) education and counseling of coaches,
parents, student athletic trainers and athletes;
(vi) risk management and injury prevention,
including:
(A) assisting in the arrangement
of pre-participation examinations;
(B) assisting in the proper selection and
fitting of protective equipment, including the application of wraps, braces,
tape and pads;
(C) assisting in the
inspection of fields and playing surfaces for safety;
(D) advising on weather-related conditions
and care for their specific injuries/illnesses;
(E) advising on designing and implementation
of fitness and conditioning programs for athletes;
(F) advising students on the maintenance and
attainment of optimal body weight and physical conditioning to prevent and
avoid athletic injury; and
(G)
advising the athlete in avoidance of substance abuse;
(vii) management of athletic injuries,
including:
(A) recognizing the various types
of musculoskeletal and nervous system injuries that may occur in
athletes;
(B) understanding the
various phases of healing and promoting an environment that assists in the
healing process;
(C) referring the
athlete for further evaluation and accurate diagnosis after the initial
management of an injury; and
(D)
accessing local health services, including social support services available to
the athlete;
(viii)
immediate care of athletic injury and physical conditions, including
responsibility for:
(A) the initial
on-the-field injury assessment of acute injuries;
(B) administering appropriate first aid and
emergency care to the injured athlete including, as necessary, the use of an
automatic external defibrillator, and deciding on the management of acute
injuries, provided that nothing herein shall authorize the use of an automatic
external defibrillator by an athletic trainer who has not successfully
completed training in the use of such equipment pursuant to Public Health Law,
section
3000-b(3)(a);
and
(C) the recognition and
evaluation of potentially serious, life threatening injuries;
(ix) treatment and reconditioning
of athletic injuries, including responsibility for:
(A) under the supervision of a physician,
designing reconditioning programs that make use of appropriate therapeutic
exercise, reconditioning equipment or therapeutic modalities in relation to
athletic injuries;
(B) overseeing
the reconditioning process and returning the athlete to full
activity;
(C) designing and
supervising an athletic injury reconditioning program and modifying that
program based on the healing process;
(D) using appropriate therapeutic exercise
techniques;
(E) designing a series
of sport-related activities that allow the athlete to gradually progress to
complete functional ability; and
(F) assisting in social support of an injured
athlete, with regards to pain threshold, compliance, competitiveness, and the
ability to adjust to injury;
(x) organization and administration,
including:
(A) responsibility for maintaining
an athletic training room facility;
(B) maintaining detailed injury reports,
treatment records, and reconditioning program;
(C) responsibility for ordering equipment and
supplies;
(D) establishing rules
and policies for the daily operation of the athletic training room;
and
(E) educating student athletic
trainers by providing a quality environment consistent with all rules and
regulations to develop professionally;
(xi) professional development and
responsibilities, including:
(A) attending
continuing education programs offered at State, district or national
meetings;
(B) consulting and
reviewing professional journals and textbooks;
(C) educating the community of health care
professionals as to the role of the certified athletic trainer;
(D) informing parents, coaches and athletes
as to the importance of quality health care for the physically active;
and
(E) on a biennial basis,
completing a course of instruction relating to mild traumatic brain injuries
pursuant to section
136.5(b)
of this Title;