Sports Medicine Handbook - NCAA
Sports Medicine Handbook - NCAA
Sports Medicine Handbook - NCAA
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114<br />
<strong>NCAA</strong> Legislation Involving Health and Safety Issues<br />
Student-Athlete<br />
Welfare and<br />
Safety<br />
Mandatory Medical<br />
Examinations<br />
Five-Day Acclimatization Period –<br />
Football<br />
Preseason Practice Activities –<br />
Football<br />
Out-of-Season Athletics-Related<br />
Football Activities<br />
<strong>Sports</strong>-Specific Safety Exceptions<br />
(Equestrian; Fencing; Gymnastics;<br />
Rifle; Women’s Rowing; Skiing;<br />
Swimming; Track and Field;<br />
Water Polo; and Wrestling.)<br />
(Div. I and Div. II only)<br />
Playing Rules Oversight Panel<br />
Concussion Management Plan<br />
17.1.5.1<br />
(Div. I)<br />
17.9.2.3<br />
(Div. I),<br />
17.9.2.2<br />
(Div. II and<br />
Div. III)<br />
17.9.2.4<br />
(Div. I),<br />
17.9.2.3 (Div. II<br />
and Div. III)<br />
17.9.6<br />
(Div. I and<br />
Div. III),<br />
17.9.8 (Div. II)<br />
13.11.3.10<br />
(Div. I);<br />
17.6.7;17.7.7;<br />
17.11.7; 17.14.7;<br />
17.15.7 (Div.<br />
I);17.15.9 (Div.<br />
II); 17.18.7;<br />
17.24.7 (Div. I);<br />
17.24.8 (Div. II);<br />
17.26.8; 17.27.7<br />
(Div. I and Div. II)<br />
21.1.4<br />
3.2.4.17 (Div. I<br />
and Div. II);<br />
3.2.4.16 (Div. III)<br />
The examination or evaluation of studentathletes<br />
who are beginning their initial season<br />
of eligibility and students who are trying out<br />
for a team shall include a sickle cell solubility<br />
test, unless documented results of a prior test<br />
are provided to the institution or the<br />
prospective student-athlete or student-athlete<br />
declines the test and signs a written release.<br />
Five-day acclimatization for conducting<br />
administrative and initial practices is required<br />
for first-time participants (freshmen and<br />
transfers) and continuing student-athletes.<br />
Preseason practice time limitations and<br />
general regulations.<br />
Permissible summer conditioning activities.<br />
A coach may be present during voluntary<br />
individual workouts in the institution’s regular<br />
practice facility (without the workouts being<br />
considered as countable athletics-related<br />
activities) when the student-athlete uses sportspecific<br />
equipment. The coach may provide<br />
safety or skill instruction but cannot conduct<br />
the individual’s workouts.<br />
The panel shall be responsible for resolving<br />
issues involving player safety, financial impact<br />
or image of the game.<br />
Institutions must have a concussion<br />
management plan for student-athletes. See<br />
Guideline 2i.