department of athletics policies & procedures - UNC Wilmington ...

Any student interested in trying out for an intercollegiate athletic team will first
need to be cleared by the UNCW Compliance Office prior to performing any of
the steps below.
Any student interested in trying out for an intercollegiate athletic team must first
have a Pre-Participation Examination (PPE) performed by the Student Health
Center, receive medical clearance to participate in the try-out, and provide proof
of medical insurance.
If you are under 18 years of age, you must have a parent or guardian sign all
documents requiring signatures.
It is the student’s responsibility to schedule the PPE with the Student Health
Center. Part of this PPE will be testing for the sickle cell trait. If the student can
provide results from a previous sickle cell test, this will suffice. The student will
call the Student Health Center and make an appointment that is convenient for
both the student and the Student Health Center. The PPE form will be given to
the student by the Student Health Center and the student will fill out the necessary
paperwork.
Once the PPE is performed, results from the sickle cell testing have been obtained
and the student has been cleared by the Medical Director to participate in the
tryout, the Medical Director will inform the Director of Athletic Training, via
email, that the student has been cleared to participate in the tryout. The student
will then need to provide a copy of the front and back of the insurance card to the
Athletic Training Department prior to participation in the try out.
If the student is not able to be cleared by the Medical Director due to an
underlying medical condition, the student must make an appointment with the
necessary medical specialist or his/her family physician to address the medical
issue. The Student Health Center may assist the student in this process as needed.
Once an evaluation has been made and the notes received by the Medical
Director, the student will then return to the SHC for final clearance by the
Medical Director. Once the final clearance has been given by the Medical
Director, the Medical Director will inform the Director of Athletic Training, via
email, that the student has been cleared to participate in the tryout.
The Director of Athletic Training will then inform the coach, via email; for the
appropriate sport that the student is cleared to participate in the tryout.
If the student is not invited to join the team after the tryout, the PPE form will
remain in the student’s medical file at the Student Health Center.
If the student is asked to be part of the team following the tryout, the coach will
inform the Athletic Trainer working with that sport. The Athletic Trainer will
then contact the Medical Director and request that a copy of the students PPE be
sent over the Athletic Training Department to be placed in a permanent file in the
Athletic Training Department.
The Athletic Trainer for the specific sport will then garner the necessary Sports
Medicine paperwork to be placed in the student-athletes file in the Athletic
Training Room.
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