HB19-1083 Summary

• Reclassifies athletic trainers in Colorado from registration to licensure, changing the regulatory framework to provide stronger professional credentialing and oversight.

• Converts all existing active athletic trainer registrations to active licenses by operation of law on August 2, 2019, without affecting prior discipline, conditions, or pending investigations.

• Allows the director to deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license for grounds including sexual misconduct, falsified applications, substance abuse, and practicing without proper credentials.

• Permits licensed athletic trainers to provide services in clinical settings to non-athletes under physician supervision and allows unlicensed persons to provide routine first aid at athletic events.

• Takes effect August 2, 2019, subject to referendum petition; Sections 14-24 take effect October 1, 2019 only if House Bill 19-1172 becomes law.