SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2738
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 692696
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Fasano moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 58. Section 1012.46, Florida Statutes, is
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19 1012.46 Athletic trainers.--
20 (1) School districts may establish and implement an
21 athletic injuries prevention and treatment program. Central to
22 this program should be the employment and availability of
23 persons trained in the prevention and treatment of physical
24 injuries which may occur during athletic activities. The
25 program should reflect opportunities for progressive
26 advancement and compensation in employment as provided in
27 subsection (2) and meet certain other minimum standards
28 developed by the Department of Education. The goal of the
29 Legislature is to have school districts employ and have
30 available a full-time teacher athletic trainer in each high
31 school in the state.
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1 (2) To the extent practicable, a school district
2 program should include the following employment classification
3 and advancement scheme:
4 (a) First responder.--To qualify as a first responder,
5 a person must possess a professional, temporary, part-time,
6 adjunct, or substitute certificate pursuant to s. 1012.56, be
7 certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and
8 have 15 semester hours in courses such as care and prevention
9 of athletic injuries, anatomy, physiology, nutrition,
10 counseling, and other similar courses approved by the
11 Commissioner of Education. This person may only administer
12 first aid and similar care and may not hold himself or herself
13 out to a school district or the public as an athletic trainer
14 licensed under part XIII of chapter 468.
15 (b) Teacher Athletic trainer.--To qualify as an a
16 teacher athletic trainer, a person must be licensed under part
17 XIII of chapter 468 and may be utilized by a school district
18 as possess a professional, temporary, part-time, adjunct, or
19 substitute teacher certificate pursuant to s. 1012.35, s.
20 1012.56 or s. 1012.57, and be licensed as required by part
21 XIII of chapter 468.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 amending s. 1012.46, F.S.; revising criteria of
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