Submitted By Carla VanSickle on Monday, September 16, 2019 (193 views)
As
of July 1, 2019, Rowan’s Law requires all sports organizations to:
1. Ensure all athletes under the age of 26, parents of athletes under the age
of 18, coaches, team trainers and team officials confirm EVERY year that they
have reviewed Ontario’s Concussion Awareness Resources.
2. Establish a Concussion Code of Conduct that sets out rules of
behaviour to support concussion prevention.
3. Establish a Removal-from-Sport and Return-to-Sport protocol.
Ontario’s Concussion Awareness Resources are age specific so each
acknowledgement form is based on the current age of the player.
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