PRINTER'S NO. 398
No. 67 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, SCAVELLO, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BALDWIN,
BARD, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BISHOP, CAPPELLI,
CREIGHTON, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE,
FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, GEIST, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, KELLER, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
LEACH, LEDERER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN,
NAILOR, PAYNE, PIPPY, PISTELLA, PRESTON, READSHAW, REED,
ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE,
TURZAI, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG, CAUSER AND
S. MILLER, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 24, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the month of March 2003 as "National Athletic
2 Training Month" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Quality health care is vital for individuals
4 involved in physical activity; and
5 WHEREAS, Certified athletic trainers have a long history of
6 providing quality health care for athletes and persons engaged
7 in physical activity based on specific tasks, knowledge and
8 skills acquired through nationally regulated educational
9 processes; and
10 WHEREAS, Athletic training involves prevention of injuries,
11 recognition, evaluation and aggressive treatment,
12 rehabilitation, health care administration, education, research
13 and guidance; and
1 WHEREAS, Athletic training was recognized by the American
2 Medical Association in 1990 as an allied health care profession;
3 and
4 WHEREAS, The National Athletic Trainers' Association
5 represents and supports the more than 30,000 members of the
6 athletic training profession employed in professional sports,
7 colleges and universities, high schools, clinics and hospitals,
8 corporate and industrial settings and the military; and
9 WHEREAS, Leading organizations have joined together to raise
10 public awareness of athletic training and to emphasize the
11 importance of quality health care for athletes and persons
12 engaged in physical activity, with the aim of improving health
13 care for athletes and physically active people and promoting
14 certified athletic trainers as allied health professionals;
15 therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
17 month of March 2003 as "National Athletic Training Month" in
18 Pennsylvania.
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