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KS SB175

Bill

Status

Passed

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Public Health and Welfare

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "athletic training" to explicitly include sports participation, exercise, fitness training, strength and conditioning, recreational physical activities, and competitive athletics, along with wellness promotion, risk management, and healthcare administration functions.

  • Creates a licensure exemption for out-of-state athletic trainers who accompany athletic teams or organizations traveling to Kansas, provided they hold a valid license from another state, DC, territory, or foreign country and limit their services to members of their traveling team.

  • Updates educational requirements for licensure from a baccalaureate degree with a major in athletic training to graduation from an accredited athletic training education program at an accredited college or university.

  • Amends K.S.A. 65-6902, 65-6906, and 65-6907 governing athletic trainer licensure under the State Board of Healing Arts.

Legislative Description

Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas.

Last Action

Senate Approved by Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/25/2025
Public Health and Welfare2/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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