SB 26, The Athletic Trainers' Practice Act, has been signed into law!

(FROM L TO R: Pat Karns, Jenn Dougherty, Rep. Jim Riesberg, Chad Smidt, Greg Holm, Shannon Courtney, Mark Peters, James Turk)

Governor Bill Ritter signed SB 26 today (June 1, 2009) while visiting the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley!  Many thanks to the CATA members, Rep. Jim Riesberg, Sen. Suzanne Williams, Charlie Hebeler and Suzanne Hamilton, who made this athletic training legislation happen. 

Click here to read SB 26 - The Athletic Trainers' Practice Act

All updates and information about SB 26 is being E-Blasted to the membership. To read these e-blasts, please click on the E-Blasts link to the left.

 Any questions, please contact any Board of Directors' member, Jennifer Dougherty (CATA President) or the webmaster.

To help you understand where we are, where we have been and where we are going, the CATA has put together an

2009 Legislative Educational Packet. 

The following links will direct you to:

Frequently Asked Legislative Questions

How This Bill Will Affect Me and My Practice

The 2009 Spring Edition of the CATA Newsletter is now available online (published June 9, 2009). 

Click here for the latest news from your association!

The 2009 Spring CATA Symposium and Business Meeting was held May 16-17, 2009 at Valor Christian HS in Highlands Ranch. 

Over 120 athletic trainers from around the state attended these informative sessions. 

Special thanks to Allen Schroeder and Valor Christian HS for hosting our meeting!

Handouts from these sessions are now available online.  Click here to see the list of presenters and presentations.

Congratulations to the following athletic training students, Jeoff Horgan, Sarah Clare Zachmeier-Kean, and Ashley Cowan, and clinical coordinator, Theresa Miyashita, from the Metropolitan State College of Denver who won the RMATA Student Quiz Bowl.  They have now been invited to compete and represent District 7 at the NATA Student Quiz Bowl in San Antonio in June!  Good luck!

The Breast Cancer 3 Day is looking for Certified Athletic Trainers to help with their event on August 28-30, 2009.  This special event also offers a 9 hour CEU opportunity to those athletic trainers who attend the entire event.  For more information about how you can get involved, please click on the following links.

Join the Breast Cancer 3 Day Service Crew

CEU Opportunity at Breast Cancer 3 Day

The CATA was proud to support the 2nd Annual Dave Arguijo Memorial Skate/Hockey Tournament in Lafayette, CO on June 6, 2009.

To learn more about this event, please visit www.rememberdave.com

This website was updated on: Monday, June 22, 2009

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