49 Pa. Code § 25.709 - Practice standards for athletic trainers

(a) Athletic trainers licensed by the Board or certified or licensed by the proper licensing or certification authority of another state, province, territory or the District of Columbia shall comply with the following:

(1) Ensure that the physically active person has secured a written referral or prescription from a licensed physician, dentist or podiatrist or is subject to a written protocol for treatment by a certified or licensed athletic trainer from a licensed physician.

(2) Comply strictly with conditions or restrictions that may be placed on the course of athletic training services by the referring physician, dentist or podiatrist.

(3) Ensure that the physically active person has undergone a medical diagnostic examination or has had the results of a recently performed medical diagnostic examination reviewed by the referring physician, dentist or podiatrist.

(4) Keep a copy of the referral or prescription and the results of the medical diagnostic examination in the physically active person's file.

(5) Consult promptly with the referring physician, dentist or podiatrist regarding a new ailment or condition or a worsened ailment or condition of the physically active person.

(6) Consult with the referring physician, dentist or podiatrist upon request of either the referring physician, dentist or podiatrist or the physically active person.

(7) Refer a physically active person with conditions outside the scope of athletic training services to a licensed physician, dentist or podiatrist.

(b) Athletic trainers licensed by the Board or certified or licensed by the proper licensing authority of another state, province, territory or the District of Columbia who are working in a team setting, treating injuries which arise in the course of practices or team sports events, may treat the participant at the events under the conditions of the referral, the standing written prescription or written protocol.

(c) An athletic trainer shall obtain the standing written prescription or written protocol annually from the supervising physician and review it at least annually. This standing written prescription or protocol must be in writing and retained at or near the treatment location or facility. An individual referral or prescription from a referring physician, dentist or podiatrist is required in the absence of a written protocol.

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49 Pa. Code § 25.709