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116(b) Individual Sports.(1) The opportunity to participate in the event is not limited to specific prospective student-athletes oreducational institutions and all individual prospective student-athletes or educational institutions ina specific geographical area are eligible to compete (limited only by number, by institutional classificationor on the basis of some objective standard of performance);(2) A participant may compete as an individual or may represent his or her educational institution or anonscholastic team; and(3) No financial compensation (e.g., transportation expenses, guarantee, percentage of income) from theevent may be provided to an individual, educational institution or nonscholastic team.13.11.3.5 Officiating. An institution’s coach may officiate competition that involves prospective studentathletes,provided the competition is regularly scheduled under the authority of an outside sports organization.13.11.3.6 Private Lessons—Women’s Golf and Equestrian Exception. An institution’s women’s golfand equestrian coaches may teach private lessons to a prospective student-athlete in their respective sports, providedthe following conditions are met: (Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)(a) The prospective student-athlete resides within a 50-mile radius of the institution’s main campus;(b) The coach makes lessons available to the general public;(c) In women’s golf, lessons are only provided to female prospective student-athletes and the coach is a teachingprofessional certified pursuant to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and/or ProfessionalGolf Association (PGA) certification program; (Revised: 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05)(d) Fees charged to the prospective student-athlete are at a rate commensurate with fees charged to all individuals;(e) Fees charged to the prospective student-athlete are not paid by individuals or entities other than the prospectivestudent-athlete or his or her parent or legal guardian; and(f) The institution keeps on file in the office of the director of athletics documentation of the fee charged forthe lessons and the name of any individual receiving any portion of the fee.13.11.3.7 Voluntary Summer Conditioning—Football. [FBS/FCS]13.11.3.7.1 Voluntary Summer Conditioning—Bowl Subdivision Football. [FBS] In bowl subdivisionfootball, a prospective student-athlete may engage in voluntary summer workouts conducted by aninstitution’s strength and conditioning coach with department-wide duties and may receive workout apparel(on an issuance and retrieval basis), provided he has signed a National Letter of Intent or, for those institutionsnot using the National Letter of Intent or in the case of a four-year college prospective student-athlete,the prospective student-athlete has signed the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid.(Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03, Revised: 4/29/04, 5/31/06, 12/15/06, 1/14/08, 8/26/10, 1/19/13 effective8/1/13)13.11.3.7.2 Voluntary Summer Conditioning—Championship Subdivision Football. [FCS] Inchampionship subdivision football, a prospective student-athlete may engage in voluntary summer workoutsconducted by an institution’s strength and conditioning coach with department-wide duties or a countablecoach who is a certified strength and conditioning coach, and may receive workout apparel (on an issuanceand retrieval basis), provided he has signed a National Letter of Intent or, for those institutions not usingthe National Letter of Intent or in the case of a four-year college prospective student-athlete, the prospectivestudent-athlete has signed the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid. (Adopted: 4/24/03effective 5/1/03, Revised: 4/29/04, 5/31/06, 12/15/06, 1/14/08, 5/4/09, 8/26/10, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13)13.11.3.7.3 Mandatory Medical Examination. [FBS/FCS] Prior to participation in any weight-trainingor conditioning workouts, a prospective student-athlete who will be a first-time participant shall berequired to undergo a medical examination or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician (e.g.,family physician, team physician). The examination or evaluation shall include a sickle cell solubility testunless documented results of a prior test are provided to the institution or the prospective student-athletedeclines the test and signs a written release. The examination or evaluation must have been administeredwithin six months prior to participation in any weight-training or conditioning activity. (Adopted: 1/8/07effective 5/1/07, Revised: 4/29/10 effective 8/1/10)13.11.3.7.4 Strength and Conditioning Coach First Aid/CPR Certification and Authority ofSports Medicine Staff. [FBS/FCS] A strength and conditioning coach who conducts voluntary weighttrainingor conditioning activities is required to maintain certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.In addition, a member of the institution’s sports medicine staff (e.g., athletic trainer, physician)must be present during all voluntary conditioning activities (running, not lifting) conducted by the institution’sstrength coach. The sports medicine staff member must be empowered to have the unchallengeableauthority to cancel or modify the workout for health and safety reasons, as he or she deems appropriate.(Adopted: 4/24/03 effective 5/1/03)