PRINTER'S NO. 578
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
49
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, MARCH 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of March 2015 as "National Athletic
Training Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Quality health care is vital for individuals
involved in physical activity; and
WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers have a long history of
providing quality health care for athletes and persons engaged
in physical activity based on specific tasks, knowledge and
skills acquired through nationally regulated educational
processes; and
WHEREAS, Athletic training involves prevention of injuries,
recognition, evaluation and aggressive rehabilitation, health
care administration, education, research and guidance; and
WHEREAS, Athletic training was recognized by the American
Medical Association in 1990 as an allied health care profession;
and
WHEREAS, The National Athletic Trainers' Association
represents and supports the more than 30,000 members of the
athletic training profession employed in professional sports,
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colleges and universities, high schools, clinics and hospitals,
corporate and industrial settings and the military; and
WHEREAS, Leading organizations have joined together to raise
public awareness of athletic training and to emphasize the
importance of quality health care for athletes and persons
engaged in physical activity, with the aim of improving health
care for athletes and physically active people and promoting
licensed athletic trainers as allied health professionals;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of March 2015
as "National Athletic Training Month" in Pennsylvania.
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