Members

The NATA Ethics Committee is committed to upholding the integrity of the profession on your behalf.   To be effective, we need your help.   If you believe that a member is conducting him/herself in an unethical manner, complete a simple ethics complaint form and mail it to the NATA office.  An ethics complaint form can be obtained online at the NATA website: http://www.nata.org/codeofethics/ethics_complaintform.pdf.  All information submitted to the NATA Ethics committee remains confidential.

The type of cases that the committee has deliberated on this year include practicing without a state license, engaging in child pornography, abetting an unlicensed athletic trainer, having sex with a minor, and violating membership standards.  While many of these ethical cases are explicit and have a legal component, the ethics committee welcomes ambiguous cases, too.

In effort to assist the NATA membership in judging ethical and unethical behavior, an ethics educational subcommittee has been developed.  If members have any suggestions or comments please send them to Judy Pulice, NATA Staff liaison to the Ethic Committee.

Information

Composition:  One Committee Chair and additional members as determined based upon need of the chair and Executive Board.

Purpose:  Ensure that the NATA Code of Ethics and the NATA/SEATA Membership Standards, Eligibility Requirements, and Membership Sanctions and Procedures are enforced.

Duties:

• Provide information to SEATA Executive Board and members related to NATA ethics issues.

• Address complaints of violation of the NATA’s Code of Ethics according to the procedures in the Membership Standards, Eligibility Requirements, and Membership Sanctions and Procedures.  (Available from the national office.)

• Ensure that the Code of Ethics and the Membership Standards, Eligibility Requirements, and Membership Sanctions and Procedures are not in conflict with any federal or state laws, rules and regulations, or any policies of the NATA.

• Recommend to the Board of Directors any appropriate changes to the Code of Ethics and the Membership Standards.  When changes are approved by the board, the committee will notify the membership

• Cooperate with federal, state and local entities in matters concerning the ethical conduct of NATA members.

Policies: See I.E.3, SEATA Policies & Procedure Manual