PREMIER LEAGUE

SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
192. Each Club which operates an Academy shall ensure that there is available at all games
involving Academy teams appropriate first aid or primary care provision and, without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, that:
192.1. a doctor or paramedic (in the case of a Club which operates a Category 1 or Category 2
Academy) or a physiotherapist who holds the Intermediate First Aid for Sport qualification
(in the case of a Club which operates a Category 3 or Category 4 Academy) is present
at each game in the Professional Development Phase Games Programme; and
192.2. a defibrillator is maintained at each venue at which matches are played and at which
coaching takes place and that at all times a member of staff qualified in its use is present
during matches and coaching.
193. A physiotherapist qualified as set out in Rule 89.2 or Rule 90 or a coach who holds the Football
Association’s Diploma in the Treatment and Management of Injuries or an equivalent or higher
qualification or a member of staff who holds a current emergency first aid qualification awarded
by the FA, the British Red Cross, St John Ambulance (or by another entity provided it is approved
by the Health and Safety Executive as an emergency first aid qualification) shall be present at
all coaching and matches taking place in Academies (without prejudice to the requirements of
Rule 192).
Guidance
Rule 193
If there is more than one Academy match taking place at an Academy on a given day, Rule 192 will be complied with
provided that each Club has at least one physiotherapist present at the match venue, and another member of Academy
Staff holding an appropriate first aid qualification on the touchline of each game.
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