SECTION 110.22. Athletic Training Student Activities

An athletic training student performing the activities of an athletic trainer will not be in violation of the act if the student is performing:

(1) as part of the athletic training apprenticeship hours described in §110.21; or

(2) as follows:

(A) the student's supervising college or university licensed athletic trainer has approved, referred, sent, or directed the student to a setting other than with the student's school's intercollegiate athletes;

(B) the setting is with another college or university, a high school, a professional athletic team, or a health care clinic; and

(C) the student is directly supervised in the setting by a licensed athletic trainer, licensed physician or licensed physical therapist.

(3) Hours which fall under paragraph (2), shall not be counted as apprenticeship hours unless the hours meet the requirements of §110.21.

(4) For the purposes of this section, supervision means daily, direct, and immediate communication.

(5) An athletic training student who has graduated, shall not accumulate apprenticeship hours at the same college, university, high school, professional athletic team, or health care clinic at which the athletic training student is employed. In cases where an athletic training student is employed by a school, the athletic training student shall not accumulate apprenticeship hours at a setting within the same school.

Source Note: The provisions of this §110.22 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4435