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We Don’t Charge Dues…
Common Misconceptions that Licensees
Have About Their Regulatory Board &
Their Professional Association
Jeff Rosa
Executive Director, Ohio Athletic Trainers Board
• How much are my dues this year? I need to
pay them before the deadline.
• What do you mean that you don’t have my
new address? I notified the NATA when I
moved last summer.
• I don’t agree with this administrative rule. I
don’t know why I keep my membership.
Forms of Regulation
• Registration (least restrictive)
• Certification
• Licensure (most restrictive)
Registration
• Requirement that individual register with the
state
• No requirement that individual demonstrate
minimal standards of competence or education
• Used when low probability that individual could
inflict harm on the public
Certification
• Regulates specific use of occupational titles
• Prevents individuals who are not certified from
using a designated title, but does not prevent
them from performing same/similar functions
• Assumption that individual must meet minimal
standards established by a private certification
body
Licensure
• Permission granted by the government permitting an
individual to practice a profession
• Licensing certifies that person meets minimum
qualifications/competency needed to ensure that the
public’s health/safety is reasonably protected
• Only licensed individuals may engage in the activities
statutorily established in that profession’s scope of
practice
Licensure
• Laws governing a licensed profession are known
as “practice acts”
– Law defines what aspects of the practice are regulated
– Law establishes minimal standards and educational
requirements
– Law clarifies that only licensed individuals may
perform the duties that are part of the scope of
practice
Overlapping Scopes of Practice
Overlapping Scopes of Practice
Purpose of Regulatory Boards
• Establishing requirements for entry into the
profession
• Adopting administrative rules
• Disciplining licensees
• Assuring continued competence of licensees
Licensing Board
• Acts in public interest
• Educates licensees/consumers
on regulatory issues
• Regulates the profession
• Independent from association
• Licenses individuals – must
hold license to legally practice
• Disciplines licensees
• Governmental entity
Professional Association
• Acts in the profession’s
interest
• Lobbies legislative bodies on
behalf of the profession
• Independent from board
• Voluntary membership
organization
• Provides resources to
members
• Sanctions members
• Private organization
• Ohio AT Board Mission
– The mission of the board is to actively promote
and protect the health of the citizens of Ohio
through effective regulation of athletic training
• BOC Mission
– To provide exceptional credentialing programs for
healthcare professionals to assure protection of
the public
• OATA Mission
– The mission of the OATA is to advance and strengthen
the profession of athletic training while delivering and
advocating for high quality healthcare
• NATA Mission
– The mission of the NATA is to enhance the quality of
health care provided by certified athletic trainers and
to advance the athletic training profession
• It sounds like the Board and the Association
Ali vs. Frazier
• Do the two organizations always battle each
other?
– Thankfully, no
– A strong association needs a strong regulatory
board… and vice versa
• Role of Board is to effectively & efficiently
regulate practice
• Identify and eliminate unneeded regulatory
barriers
• Is this regulatory change worth the negative
impact on the profession?
– Board can’t regulate in a vacuum
• 4 Common Board Structures
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Autonomous
Umbrella
Administrative Agency
Advisory
• Composition of Boards
– How Appointed? Governor, Legislature, etc.
– Professional vs. Public Members
• Can a professional member separate the mission of the
association from the mission of the board?
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Thank You
Jeffrey Rosa
Ohio OTPTAT Board
77 South High Street, 16th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6108
614-466-3474 | [email protected]