PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION O
CLUBS: OPERATIONS
SECTION O: MEDICAL
Appointment and Qualifications of Medical Personnel Old Rule
O.1. Each Club shall appoint at least one part-time team doctor and one part-time
crowd doctor and employ one full-time senior physiotherapist.
O.2. Any doctor appointed by a Club (including, without limitation, the team doctor
and crowd doctor appointed pursuant to Rule O.1) shall be a registered medical
practitioner licensed to practice by the General Medical Council. A doctor
(including, without limitation, the team doctor appointed pursuant to Rule O.1)
whose responsibilities include giving medical treatment to players and who was
appointed on or after the commencement of the 2002/2003 Season who has not
previously held such an appointment must hold the Diploma in Sports Medicine
or an equivalent or higher professional qualification. With effect from Season
2008/09 each team doctor shall hold a current Football Association Advanced
Resuscitation and Emergency Aid certificate or an equivalent or higher
qualification approved by the Board.
O.3. A crowd doctor appointed by a Club shall be a registered medical practitioner
and either:
O.3.1. hold the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care issued by the Royal College
of Surgeons (Edinburgh) Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (“the Faculty”) or
its equivalent; or
O.3.2. have successfully undertaken the Faculty’s Generic Crowd Doctor Training
Course or its equivalent.
Each crowd doctor shall successfully undertake the Faculty’s Generic Refresher
and Skills Update Course at least once every five years.
O.4. The senior physiotherapist employed by a Club shall be a Chartered Physiotherapist
or a registered member of The Health Professions Council. With effect from
Season 2008/09 each therapist shall hold a current Football Association
Advanced Resuscitation and Emergency Aid certificate or an equivalent or higher
qualification approved by the Board.
O.5. Any assistant physiotherapist employed by a Club shall be a Chartered
Physiotherapist or a registered member of the Health Professions Council or hold
the Football Association’s Diploma in the Treatment and Management of Injuries
or an equivalent or higher qualification.
O.6. Team doctors and therapists appointed by a Club shall each year undertake a
minimum of 36 hours of continuing professional development and shall maintain
a record thereof and produce the same for inspection by a duly appointed
representative of the League when requested and in addition shall attend the
education conferences and seminars organised by the Football Association.
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