Senate
File
2225
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
2225
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3044)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
2,
2016
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
assessing
and
reporting
of
potential
1
concussions
or
brain
injuries
in
certain
extracurricular
2
interscholastic
athletic
contests.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
280.13C,
Code
2016,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
a.
The
home
team
in
an
extracurricular
3
interscholastic
contest
in
which
high
school
athletic
teams
4
participate
in
a
collision
sport
shall
ensure
that
a
contest
5
health
care
professional
is
present
and
available
to
assess
6
athletic
injuries
at
such
contest.
7
b.
The
home
team
in
an
extracurricular
interscholastic
8
contest
in
which
high
school
athletic
teams
participate
in
a
9
contact
sport
is
strongly
encouraged
to
ensure
that
a
contest
10
health
care
professional
is
present
and
available
to
assess
11
athletic
injuries
at
such
contest.
12
c.
If
an
athlete
who
is
a
member
of
a
visiting
team
in
an
13
extracurricular
interscholastic
contest
at
which
a
contest
14
health
care
professional
is
present
and
available
to
assess
15
athletic
injuries
as
provided
in
this
section
shows
signs,
16
symptoms,
or
behaviors
consistent
with
a
concussion
or
brain
17
injury,
the
contest
health
care
professional
shall
notify
the
18
visiting
team’s
athletic
director
within
forty-eight
hours
19
after
the
contest
occurs.
20
d.
A
contest
health
care
professional
must
have
completed
21
specific
education
or
training
in
sports
medicine
or
emergency
22
care
and
must
provide
evidence
of
such
specific
education
or
23
training
to
the
high
school
of
the
home
team
prior
to
serving
24
as
a
contest
health
care
professional.
Such
education
or
25
training
may
be
gained
through
education,
continuing
education,
26
or
professional
experience.
27
e.
The
department
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
28
to
chapter
17A
establishing
a
process
whereby
a
high
school
29
may
apply
for
an
annual
waiver
of
the
requirements
of
this
30
section
from
the
department
and
receive
such
a
waiver
if
the
31
high
school
demonstrates
a
good-faith
effort
to
comply
with
the
32
requirements
of
this
section
and
an
inability
to
do
so
due
to
a
33
regional
shortage
of
contest
health
care
professionals.
34
f.
The
department
of
education,
the
Iowa
high
school
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athletic
association,
and
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
athletic
1
union
shall
establish
a
process
whereby
an
extracurricular
2
interscholastic
athletic
contest
can
still
take
place
when
3
a
contest
health
care
professional
who
was
scheduled
to
be
4
present
and
available
as
provided
in
this
section
is
not
able
5
to
be
present
and
available
due
to
unforeseen
circumstances.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
280.13C,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
amended
7
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
8
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0a.
“Collision
sport”
means
football,
9
soccer,
or
wrestling.
10
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00a.
“Contact
sport”
means
a
sport
that
is
11
not
a
collision
sport
and
that
is
defined
as
a
contact
sport
by
12
the
American
academy
of
pediatrics.
13
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
000a.
“Contest
health
care
professional”
14
means
a
physician
licensed
under
chapter
148,
physical
15
therapist
licensed
under
chapter
148A,
or
athletic
trainer
16
licensed
under
chapter
152D.
17
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
18
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
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