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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1425

    Amendment No. 001 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Education Innovation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Subsections (3) and (4) of section 232.61,

18  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         232.61  Governing organization for athletics; adoption

20  of bylaws.--

21         (3)  The organization shall adopt bylaws that require

22  all students participating in interscholastic athletic

23  competition or who are candidates for an interscholastic

24  athletic team to satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each

25  year prior to participating in interscholastic athletic

26  competition or engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or

27  other physical activity associated with the student's

28  candidacy for an interscholastic athletic team. Such medical

29  evaluation can only be administered by a practitioner licensed

30  under the provisions of chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460,

31  or s. 464.012, and in good standing with the practitioner's

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  1  regulatory board. The bylaws shall establish requirements for

  2  eliciting a student's medical history and performing the

  3  medical evaluation required under this subsection, which shall

  4  include minimum standards for the physical capabilities

  5  necessary for participation in interscholastic athletic

  6  competition as contained in a uniform preparticipation

  7  physical evaluation form. The evaluation form shall provide a

  8  place for the signature of the practitioner performing the

  9  evaluation with an attestation that each examination procedure

10  listed on the form was performed by the practitioner or by

11  someone under the direct supervision of the practitioner. The

12  form shall also contain a place for the practitioner to

13  indicate if a referral to another practitioner was made in

14  lieu of completion of a certain examination procedure. The

15  form shall provide a place for the practitioner to whom the

16  student was referred to complete the remaining sections and

17  attest to that portion of the examination.  The

18  preparticipation physical evaluation form shall include a

19  statement advising students to complete a comprehensive

20  cardiovascular assessment which may include, but not be

21  limited to, an electrocardiogram.  Practitioners administering

22  medical evaluations pursuant to this section must know the

23  minimum standards established by the organization and certify

24  that the student meets the standards. If the practitioner

25  determines that there are any abnormal findings in the

26  cardiovascular system, the student may not participate unless

27  a subsequent EKG or other cardiovascular assessment indicates

28  that the abnormality will not place the student at risk during

29  such participation. Results of such medical evaluation must be

30  provided to the school. No student shall be eligible to

31  participate in any interscholastic athletic competition or

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  1  engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical

  2  activity associated with the student's candidacy for an

  3  interscholastic athletic team until the results of the medical

  4  evaluation verifying that the student has satisfactorily

  5  passed the evaluation have been received and approved by the

  6  school.

  7         (4)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3),

  8  a student may participate in interscholastic athletic

  9  competition or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic

10  team if the parent or guardian of the student objects in

11  writing to the student undergoing a medical evaluation because

12  such evaluation is contrary to his or her religious tenets or

13  practices.  A student who participates without the required

14  medical evaluation pursuant to this subsection shall not have

15  a cause of action against any person or entity for any injury

16  or other damages suffered by such student arising out of the

17  student's participation, unless the injury or damages are

18  caused by gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional

19  misconduct., provided that no person or entity shall be held

20  liable for any injury or other damages suffered by such

21  student.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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  1  amending s. 232.61, F.S.; requiring certain information to be

  2  included in the preparticipation physical evaluation form;

  3  providing a student who participates in interscholastic

  4  athletics without a medical evaluation with cause of action if

  5  such student suffers injury as a result of gross negligence,

  6  recklessness, or intentional misconduct; providing an

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