Illinois Compiled Statutes
225 ILCS 5/1 (2026)
Declaration of findings and public policy
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(225 ILCS 5/1)
(from Ch. 111, par. 7601) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 1. Declaration of findings and public policy. The General Assembly finds that athletic training in the State of Illinois affects the public health, welfare, and safety and its regulation and control to be in the public interest. It is further found and declared that, as a matter of public policy in the public interest, athletic trainers, as defined in this Act, merit and receive the understanding and confidence of the public and, to this end, that only qualified persons be permitted to hold themselves out to the public as athletic trainers in the State of Illinois. This Act shall be liberally construed to best carry out these findings and purposes.(Source: P.A. 84-1080.) Notes of Decisions
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cases, 2009–2017 · leading case: Sellers v. Rudert, 918 N.E.2d 586 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009).
Sellers v. Rudert, 918 N.E.2d 586 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “” 225 ILCS 5/1 (West 2008). Moreover, section 9 of the Athletic Trainers Act (225 ILCS 5/9 (West 2008)) requires a licensee to, inter alia, have graduated from both an accredited curriculum in athletic training and a four-year accredited college or university as well as passed…”
Williams v. Athletico, Ltd, 2017 IL App (1st) 161902 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “As a matter of public policy, the legislature enacted the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act (Athletic Trainers Practice Act) (225 ILCS 5/1 (West 2014)), which requires those who hold themselves out as athletic trainers in Illinois be licensed, with certain exceptions not…”
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