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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 5. ATHLETIC TRAINERS

43-5-7. License requirement for persons engaged as athletic trainers.

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  1. No person shall hold himself or herself out as an athletic trainer or perform the services of an athletic trainer, as defined in this chapter, without first obtaining a license under this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any person from serving as a student-trainer, assistant-trainer, or any similar position if such service is not primarily for compensation and is carried out under the supervision of a physician or a licensed athletic trainer.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1977, p. 1123, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1125, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 473, § 2/HB 217.

Administrative rules and regulations

Licensure by examination, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers, Chapter 53-3.

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