Sec. 20-65h. Referral to licensed health care provider.
Sec. 20-65h. Referral to licensed health care provider. (a) Each person who
practices athletic training under standing orders shall make a written or oral referral to
a licensed health care provider of any athlete who has an athletic injury whose symptoms
have not improved for a period of four days from the day of onset, or who has any
physical or medical condition that would constitute a medical contraindication for athletic training or that may require evaluation or treatment beyond the scope of athletic
training. The injuries or conditions requiring a referral under this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, suspected medical emergencies or illnesses, physical or
mental illness and significant tissue or neurological pathologies.
(b) Each person who practices athletic training, but not under standing orders, may
perform initial evaluation and temporary splinting and bracing of any athlete with an
athletic injury and shall, without delay, make a written or oral referral of such athlete
to a licensed health care provider. The limitations on the practice of athletic training set
forth in this subsection shall not apply in the case of any athlete that is referred to such
person by a licensed health care provider, provided such practice shall be limited to the
scope of such referral.
(P.A. 00-226, S. 3, 20.)
History: P.A. 00-226 effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of
Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants
is being implemented by the commissioner, i.e. April 11, 2006.