| License Description |
General Information and Definitions: Licensure
Rule 1.4.1 Licensure Requirements: An applicant for licensure shall submit to the
Department, verified by oath, written evidence in form and content
satisfactory to the Department that the applicant;
1. Has satisfactorily completed all of the BOC, Inc, qualifications and is
certified as an athletic trainer by BOC, Inc, and is in good standing, or
2. Holds a degree in physical therapy and has completed the BOC, Inc.,
certification requirements.
SOURCE: Miss. Code Ann. § 73-55-7; Miss. Code Ann. § 73-55-17. The following terms shall have the meaning set forth below,
unless the context otherwise requires: "Athletic Training" means the treatment of an athlete for risk
management and athletic injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and
assessment of an athlete for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate
care and treatment for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation
and reconditioning of an athlete's injury or illness, or both, as long as
those activities are performed under the direction of a licensed physician,
nurse practitioner or physician assistant. The practice of athletic training
does not include the practice of physical therapy, the practice of medicine, the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the practice of nursing
or the practice of chiropractic. "Athletic Trainer" means a person licensed by the Department of Health
as an athletic trainer after meeting the requirements of these rules and
regulations who, upon the advice, consent and oral or written prescriptions
or referrals of a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician
assistant, carries out the practice of athletic training, and in carrying out
these functions the athletic trainer is authorized to use physical modalities,
such as heat, light, sound, cold, electricity or mechanical devices related
to prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, disposition,
rehabilitation and treatment. An athletic trainer shall practice only in those
areas in which the athletic trainer is competent due to training or
experience that can be substantiated by records or other evidence found
acceptable by the board in the exercise of the board's considered
discretion. "Practice and Performance of Athletic Training" means functioning in
the nonclinical and clinical setting under the direction of a physician, nurse
practitioner, or physician assistant, evaluating, treating, and providing
appropriate immediate care and treatment to injuries incurred by an
athlete during participation in or training for scholastic, recreational,
professional, or sanctioned amateur athletic activities. Evaluation and
treatment by an athletic trainer in the nonclinical setting to supportive staff,
spectators, and other persons other than an athlete shall be limited to
immediate care and treatment. An athletic trainer functioning in a clinical
setting may evaluate and provide treatment for an athletic injury under the
direction or referral of a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician
assistant. An athletic trainer functioning in the nonclinical and clinical
setting may use therapeutic exercise and modalities such as heat, cold,
light, air, massage, water, sound and electricity for the treatment of
musculoskeletal injuries and the use of passive (manual and mechanical)
techniques for the purpose of treatment. "Athlete" means an individual who participates in exercises, sports, or
games requiring physical strength, agility, flexibility, range of motion,
speed or stamina; or an individual with an athletic injury that a licensed
physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant deems would benefit
from athletic training services. |