North Carolina General Statutes 90-527. License required; exemptions from license requirement
(a) On or after January 1, 1998, no person shall practice or offer to practice as an athletic trainer, perform activities of an athletic trainer, or use any card, title, or abbreviation to indicate that the person is an athletic trainer unless that person is currently licensed as provided by this Article.
(b) The provisions of this Article do not apply to:
(1) Licensed, registered, or certified professionals, such as nurses, physical therapists, and chiropractors if they do not hold themselves out to the public as athletic trainers.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 90-527
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) A physician licensed under Article 1 of Chapter 90 of the N.C. Gen. Stat..
(3) A person serving as a student-trainer or in a similar position under the supervision of a physician or licensed athletic trainer.
(4) An athletic trainer who is employed by, or under contract with, an organization, corporation, or educational institution located in another state and who is representing that organization, corporation, or educational institution at an event held in this State.
(5) Boxing trainers, if they do not hold themselves out to the public as athletic trainers. (1997-387, s. 1.)