South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 4438

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Gilliard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26356ab16.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Certified athletic trainers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2015  House   Prefiled
   12/3/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/12/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 65)
   1/12/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 65)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-435 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL USE AT LEAST ONE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER THROUGHOUT ALL INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAMES IN WHICH THE SCHOOL PARTICIPATES WITHIN THE STATE OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMINOLOGY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 101, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-101-435.    (A)    Each public institution of higher learning shall have a certified athletic trainer throughout all intercollegiate football games in which the institution participates in-state or outside of the State. The purpose of this certified athletic trainer is to assist with the evaluation of concussions or suspected concussions.

(B)    For the purposes of this section, 'certified athletic trainer' means a person certified as an athletic trainer by the Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to the Athletic Trainers' Act of South Carolina in Chapter 75, Title 44."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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