1. (1) There is created the Athletic Trainers Licensing Board consisting of:

   1. (a) four licensed athletic trainers;
   2. (b) one member representative of the collaborating physicians referred to in Subsection 58-40a-102(6); and
   3. (c) one member of the general public who has never been authorized to practice a healing art and never had a substantial personal, business, professional, or pecuniary connection with a healing art or with a medical education or health care facility, except as a client or potential client.
2. (2) The board shall be appointed and serve in accordance with Section 58-1-201.

3. (3) The board shall carry out the duties and responsibilities in Sections 58-1-202 and 58-1-203 and shall designate one of the board's members on a permanent or rotating basis to:

   1. (a) assist the division in reviewing complaints concerning the unlawful or unprofessional conduct of a licensee under this chapter; and
   2. (b) advise the division in the division's investigation of these complaints.
4. (4) A board member who has, under Subsection (3), reviewed a complaint or advised in the complaint's investigation may be disqualified from participating with the board when the board serves as a presiding officer in an adjudicative proceeding concerning the complaint.

Amended by Chapter 96, 2026 General Session