152D.1 - DEFINITIONS.
152D.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Athlete" means a person who participates in a sanctioned
amateur or professional sport or other recreational sports activity.
2. "Athletic injury" means any of the following:
a. An injury or illness sustained by an athlete as a result
of the athlete's participation in sports, games, or recreational
sports activities.
b. An injury or illness that impedes or prevents an athlete
from participating in sports, games, or recreational sports
activities.
3. "Athletic trainer" means a person licensed under this
chapter to practice athletic training under the direction of a
licensed physician.
4. "Athletic training" means the practice of prevention,
recognition, assessment, physical evaluation, management, treatment,
disposition, and physical reconditioning of athletic injuries that
are within the professional preparation and education of a licensed
athletic trainer and under the direction of a licensed physician.
The term "athletic training" includes the organization and
administration of educational programs and athletic facilities, and
the education and counseling of the public on matters relating to
athletic training.
5. "Board" means the board of athletic training created under
chapter 147. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1132, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §36, 37; 2004 Acts, ch
1045, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §131