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KAR 9:305. Continued licensure of athletic trainers.

 

      RELATES TO: KRS 214.610, 311.901(1),

311.905(2), 311.909(1)(o)

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 214.610(1), 311.901(1)

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 311.901(1)

requires the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative

regulations relating to the licensure and regulation of athletic trainers and

requires continuing education courses on the transmission, control, treatment,

and prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired

immunodeficiency syndrome. This administrative regulation establishes the

criteria for the continued licensure of athletic trainers.

 

      Section 1. Definition. "CEU" means

the completion of ten (10) hours of educational courses approved by the:

      (1) Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure;

or

      (2) Board of Certification, Inc.

 

      Section 2. (1) An athletic trainer licensed

to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall complete six (6) CEUs during

each three (3) year renewal cycle beginning with the renewal cycle that ends on

June 30, 2015.

      (2)(a) During each ten (10) year period

of practice, each licensee shall complete a minimum of two (2) hours of

continuing education in HIV/AIDS courses approved pursuant to KRS 214.610.

      (b) The hours required by paragraph (a)

of this subsection shall be counted as part of the six (6) CEUs required by subsection

(1) of this section for the three (3) year renewal cycle during which the

HIV/AIDS course was completed. (18 Ky.R. 211; Am. 996; eff. 9-24-1991; 40 Ky.R. 2591; 41

Ky.R. 12; eff. 8-1-2014.)