Section 898IAC1-5-2. Professionalism

   (a) A licensed athletic trainer must not misrepresent any qualifications or credentials.

  (b) A licensed athletic trainer must maintain knowledge and skills required for continuing professional competence.

  (c) A licensed athletic trainer must exercise reasonable care and diligence in the treatment of athletes/patients based upon generally accepted scientific principles, methods, and treatments and current professional theory and practice.

  (d) A licensed athletic trainer must be responsible for the conduct of student athletic trainers supervised by the licensed athletic trainer for every action or failure to act by the student athletic trainer in the course of the supervisory relationship.

  (e) A licensed athletic trainer must not make any false or misleading claims about the efficacy of any athletic training care.

  (f) A licensed athletic trainer who has personal knowledge based upon a reasonable belief that another licensed athletic trainer has engaged in illegal, unlawful, incompetent, or fraudulent conduct in the practice of athletic training shall promptly report such conduct to the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general. (Indiana Athletic Trainers Board; 898 IAC 1-5-2; filed Mar 16, 1998, 3:30 p.m.: 21 IR 2987; filed Mar 25, 1999, 4:28 p.m.: 22 IR 2531; readopted filed Apr 18, 2001, 3:35 p.m.: 24 IR 2897; readopted filed Oct 4, 2007, 3:30 p.m.: 20071031-IR-898070071RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:19 a.m.: 20131225-IR-898130277RFA)