Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 67 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Auditor conduct a sunrise review regarding the regulation of certified athletic trainers.

The Chair of the Hawaii Athletic Trainers' Association submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Education submitted comments.

The Department of Education testified that the appropriate term is "athletic health care trainer" and not "certified athletic trainer". Your Committee finds that athletic health care trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries to athletes and others engaged in physical activities. There is confusion among the public between athletic health care trainers, personal trainers, and boxing trainers. Adding to the risk of confusion and misrepresentation is the fact that at present there is no agency monitoring whether athletic health care trainers are in good standing and are maintaining their accreditation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the term certified athletic trainer to athletic health care trainer as recommended by the Department of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 67, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 67, S.D. 1.