N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-10.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 13:35-10.7 - Scope of practice

(a) A licensed athletic trainer in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or professional athletic setting, in a setting where he or she is providing evaluation and immediate athletic training services for an injury suffered outside of the interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or professional athletic setting pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:35-10.6(b) or in any other setting pursuant to a referral from a physician (who may, in this instance, be licensed in another state), may provide to an athlete:

1. Evaluation of injuries;

2. Conditioning programs for the prevention and management of injuries including:

i. Maintenance programs;

ii. Reconditioning programs;

iii. Exercise programs; and

iv. Bandaging, wrapping, taping, padding, bracing and splinting procedures;

3. Testing of neuromotor and musculoskeletal functional capability for the purposes of conditioning, reconditioning or otherwise evaluating the athlete's performance capability; and

4. First-aid.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) above, a licensed athletic trainer may provide bandaging, wrapping, taping, padding, bracing, and splinting procedures to uninjured parts of an athlete's body in any setting without a referral from a physician.

(c) If they are included in the licensed athletic trainer's plan of care with a supervising physician, a licensed athletic trainer may administer physical treatment modalities, such as:

1. Cold;

2. Heat;

3. Light;

4. Sound;

5. Electricity;

6. Electromagnetic waves;

7. Water; and

8. Traditional mobilization techniques, rehabilitative exercise programs, traction and massage.

(d) A licensed athletic trainer shall not conduct electromyographic testing or nerve conduction velocity studies.

(e) A licensed athletic trainer shall not diagnose an injury or illness. Prior to implementing or continuing athletic training services, the licensed athletic trainer shall exercise professional judgment to determine whether any intervening circumstances have adversely affected the athlete's ability to participate in or continue to participate in athletic training.

(f) A licensed athletic trainer shall immediately refer an athlete to a health care professional licensed in this State if the licensed athletic trainer has cause to believe that athletic training is contraindicated or symptoms or conditions are present that require services outside the scope of a licensed athletic trainer's practice.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-10.7

Adopted by 52 N.J.R. 199(c), effective 2/18/2020