HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 799

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health Regulation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line 17, through page 2, line 5,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         (2)  Each community college, college, and university in

19  this state must require all students participating in

20  intercollegiate athletic competition or who are candidates for

21  an intercollegiate athletic team to satisfactorily pass a

22  medical evaluation each year prior to participating in

23  intercollegiate athletic competition or engaging in any

24  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity

25  associated with the student's candidacy for an intercollegiate

26  athletic team. Such medical evaluation can only be

27  administered by a practitioner licensed under the provisions

28  of chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or s. 464.012, and

29  in good standing with the practitioner's regulatory board. The

30  Florida Board of Education shall establish requirements for

31  eliciting a student's medical history and performing the

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 799

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  1  medical evaluation required under this subsection, which shall

  2  include minimum standards for the physical capabilities

  3  necessary for participation in intercollegiate athletic

  4  competition as contained in a uniform preparticipation

  5  physical evaluation form. The evaluation form shall provide a

  6  place for the signature of the practitioner performing the

  7  evaluation with an attestation that each examination procedure

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

  9  someone under the direct supervision of the practitioner. The

10  form shall also contain a place for the practitioner to

11  indicate if a referral to another practitioner was made in

12  lieu of completion of a certain examination procedure. The

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

14  student was referred to complete the remaining sections and

15  attest to that portion of the examination. Practitioners

16  administering medical evaluations pursuant to this section

17  must know the minimum standards established by the Florida

18  Board of Education and certify that the student meets the

19  standards. If the practitioner determines that there are any

20  abnormal findings in the cardiovascular system, the student

21  may not participate unless a subsequent EKG or other

22  cardiovascular assessment indicates that the abnormality will

23  not place the student at risk during such participation.

24  Results of such medical evaluation must be provided to the

25  school. No student shall be eligible to participate in any

26  intercollegiate athletic competition or engage in any

27  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity

28  associated with the student's candidacy for an intercollegiate

29  athletic team until the results of the medical evaluation

30  verifying that the student has satisfactorily passed the

31  evaluation have been received and approved by the school. The

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 799

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  1  Florida Board of Education shall promulgate rules necessary to

  2  administer this section.

  3         (3)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2),

  4  a student may participate in intercollegiate athletic

  5  competition or be a candidate for an intercollegiate athletic

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

  7  writing to the student undergoing a medical evaluation because

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

  9  practices. A student who participates without the required

10  medical evaluation pursuant to this

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 1, lines 5-8,

16  remove:  all of said lines

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18  and insert:

19         universities to require athletes and athletic

20         candidates to pass a medical evaluation each

21         year prior to participating in any athletic

22         event or engaging in any practice, tryout,

23         workout, or other physical activity associated

24         with such candidacy; providing requirements for

25         such medical evaluation; providing an

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