The Committee on Health and Human Resources moved to amend the bill on page 6, line 25 by striking the defined terms, “’BOC’ means National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification. ‘CAATE’ means the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.”

And,

On page 7, line 13, by striking subdivision (3) in its entirety and renumbering the remaining subdivisions accordingly;

And,

On page 8, line 22, by striking subdivision (7) in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision (7) to read as follows: “(7) Complete a criminal background check as required by §30-1D-1;”;

And,

On page 15, section 11, line 23, by striking subdivisions (7) and (8) and inserting the following:

“(7) An athletic trainer licensed in another jurisdiction who is forced to leave his or her residence or place of employment due to a declared local, state, or national disaster or emergency and due to the displacement seeks to practice as an athletic trainer. This exemption applies for no longer than 60 calendar days in a calendar year following the declaration of the emergency. The athletic trainer shall notify the board of his or her intent to practice;

(8) Nothing in this article may be construed to prohibit or otherwise limit the use of the term “athletic trainer” in secondary school settings by persons who were practicing athletic training under a West Virginia Board of Education Athletic Certification, provided the practice is in accordance with Board of Education policy in effect prior to July 1, 2011’ and

(9) Nothing contained in this article prohibits a person from practicing within his or her scope of practice as authorized by law.