By Mr. Casey of Winchester, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2062) of Paul C. Casey and Diane Doherty relative to the licensing of personal trainers.  Public Health.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Paul C. Casey

Diane Doherty

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to the licensing of personal trainers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Section 23A of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2002 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after line 51, the following: —  Personal trainer”, any person who is duly licensed in accordance with this section as a personal trainer and who limits his practice to private individuals and who is in direct consultation with a physician or dentist duly registered in the commonwealth.

“Personal training”, the application of principles, methods and procedures of evaluation and application of fitness conditioning of a private individual through the use of appropriate preventative and supportive devices, exercise regimens and exercise equipment.  Personal training is conducted on an individual client basis and may only be conducted in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner.

SECTION 2.           Section 23B of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word “trainers,” the following words:— personal trainers,.

SECTION 3.           Section 23C of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “trainer”, the following words:--- or a personal trainer
                SECTION 4.           Said section 23C of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 7, after the words “athletic trainer;” the following words:— as a personal trainer;
                SECTION 5.           Section 23D of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “trainer”, the following words:— personal trainer,.
                SECTION 6.  Section 23E of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting, in line 5, after the word “trainer” the following words:— personal trainer,

SECTION 7.      Said section 23E of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 12, after the word “training”, the following words:—  or personal training

SECTION 8.           Said section 23E of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 19, after the word “services” the following words:-- or personal training services

SECTION 9. Said section 23E of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 22, after the word “trainer” the following word:— or personal trainer

SECTION 10. Said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended y inserting, after section 23F, the following new section:—

        Personal trainers; qualifications

        An applicant for a licensure as a personal trainer shall:

(a) have successfully completed an accredited personal training educational program approved by the board; and has completed a program of practical training in private training deemed acceptable to the board.

(b)  have passed an examination administered by the board.  Such examination shall be written, and, in addition, at the discretion of the board, may be oral and demonstrative, and shall test the applicant’s knowledge of the basic, clinical and physiological sciences as they apply to physical fitness training theory and practice, including the applicant’s professional skills and judgment in the utilization of personal training techniques and methods, and such other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant’s fitness to act as a personal trainer.  The examination shall be conducted at least twice a year at times a places to be determined by the board.

SECTION 11. Section 23L of said chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, shall be amended by inserting, in line 2, after the word “trainer,” the following words:—  personal trainer,.

SECTION 12.   Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, shall be amended by inserting, after section 23N, the following new section:--- Personal trainers; necessity for licensure

                No person shall hold himself out as a personal trainer or as being able to practice personal training or to render personal training services in the commonwealth unless he is licensed in accordance with section twenty-three B.  No person not so licensed may use in connection with his name the words “personal trainer” or any other words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating that he is a personal trainer.