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Continuing Education for Athletic Trainers
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Overview of Continuing Education needed for renewal on December
31, 2006
Licensed Athletic Trainers are required to obtain fifty (50)
units of NATABOC continuing education between January 1, 2005
and December 31, 2006. Licensed Athletic Trainers should
maintain records of attendance at appropriate continuing
education events for a minimum of four years past the date of
the event attended. If selected in a random audit by the
Professional Licensing Agency, licensees will need to submit
these documents as proof of having met the continuing education
requirements.
Please review the following rule carefully, as it will help
clarify the above requirements. Please note that there are some
circumstances in which the above requirements may not apply.
Further explanation of this may be found in the following rule.
THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE INDIANA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. IT WAS PREPARED BY THE PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING AGENCY IN OCTOBER OF 2001.
Rule 6. Continuing Education
898 IAC 1-6 Continuing Education
Authority: IC 25-5.1-2-6
Affected: IC 25-5.1
Sec. 1 (a) A holder of a license issued under IC 25-5.1 shall be
required to complete fifty (50) units of NATABOC approved
continuing education for each biennial renewal period. One (1)
unit of continuing education is equal to one (1) clock hour.
(b) If the license holder has been licensed for less than one
(1) full year at the time of their first renewal, they shall be
required to complete twenty five (25) units of NATABOC approved
continuing education. If the license holder has been licensed
for less than six (6) months at the time of their first renewal,
they shall not be required to complete the continuing education
requirement.
(c) Continuing education must be obtained within the biennial
renewal period in which the licensee is applying for and may not
be carried over from one (1) biennial renewal period to another.
(d) The licensee must retain a record of the continuing
education required by this rule for four (4) years following the
end of the biennial renewal period in which it was obtained.
(e) The board may require additional evidence demonstrating the
license holder's compliance with the continuing education
requirements of this rule. This additional evidence shall be
required in the context of a random audit. It is the
responsibility of the license holder to verify that the
continuing education obtained to meet the continuing education
required for the renewal of their license have been approved by
NATABOC. It is the responsibility of the license holder to
retain or otherwise produce evidence of compliance. (Indiana
Athletic Trainers Board; 898 IAC 1-6-1; filed Mar 25, 1999, 4:28
p.m.: 22 IR 2532)
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