Alaska Statutes Sec. 08.07.090 - Definitions

In this chapter,

(1) "athlete" means an individual who participates in an athletic or sport-related exercise or activity, including interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, semiprofessional, and professional sports activities;

(2) "athletic injury or illness" means an injury or illness sustained or exacerbated through participation in an activity, exercise, recreation, sport, or game requiring physical strength, range of motion, flexibility, body awareness and control, speed, stamina, or agility of a type sustained in association with sports participation as part of an educational institution, professional sports club, amateur sports club, recreational sports club, or organization;

(3) "athletic trainer" means an individual who is licensed under AS 08.07.020 to practice athletic training in this state;

(4) "athletic training" means injury and illness prevention and the evaluation, assessment, immediate care, treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of an athletic injury or illness.

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