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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

43-5-8. Qualifications of applicants; reciprocity.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    An applicant for an athletic trainer’s license must have met the athletic training curriculum requirements of a college or university approved by the board and give proof of graduation.#

  2. (b)

    The board shall be authorized to grant a license, without examination, to any qualified athletic trainer holding a license in another state if such other state recognizes licensees of this state in the same manner.#

  3. (c)

    The board may grant a license without examination to any qualified applicant who holds a certification from the National Athletic Trainers Board of Certification.#

  4. (d)

    Any person who was issued a license prior to July 1, 2004, shall remain qualified for licensure, notwithstanding the requirement for proof of graduation in subsection (a) of this Code section, so long as the license remains current.#

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, § 9; Ga. L. 1985, p. 985, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 454, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1125, § 2.

Cross references

Cooperation between Georgia and other states generally, T. 28, C. 6.

Administrative rules and regulations

Licensure by reciprocity, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Athletic Trainers, Chapter 53-4.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, page 217; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.