| 1 | Representative Renuart offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 38-95 and insert: |
| 5 | return from a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter |
| 6 | 459 who is trained in the evaluation and management of |
| 7 | concussions. Prior to issuing a written clearance to play, a |
| 8 | physician may: |
| 9 | 1. Delegate the performance of medical acts to a health |
| 10 | care provider licensed or certified under s. 458.347, s. |
| 11 | 459.022, s. 464.012, or s. 468.707 with whom the physician |
| 12 | maintains a formal supervisory relationship or an established |
| 13 | written protocol that identifies the medical acts or evaluations |
| 14 | to be performed and conditions for their performance and that |
| 15 | attests to proficiency in the evaluation and management of |
| 16 | concussions. |
| 17 | 2. Consult with, or utilize testing and evaluation of |
| 18 | cognitive functions performed by, a neuropsychologist licensed |
| 19 | under chapter 490. |
| 20 | 3. Consult with or utilize evaluations performed by a |
| 21 | chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 460. |
| 22 | Section 2. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are added to |
| 23 | subsection (2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 24 | 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.- |
| 25 | (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.- |
| 26 | (e) The organization shall adopt guidelines to educate |
| 27 | athletic coaches, officials, administrators, student athletes, |
| 28 | and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head |
| 29 | injury. |
| 30 | (f) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that |
| 31 | require the parent of a student who is participating in |
| 32 | interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for |
| 33 | an interscholastic athletic team to sign and return an informed |
| 34 | consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion and head |
| 35 | injury, including the risk of continuing to play after |
| 36 | concussion or head injury, each year before participating in |
| 37 | interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any |
| 38 | practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated |
| 39 | with the student's candidacy for an interscholastic athletic |
| 40 | team. |
| 41 | (g) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that |
| 42 | require each student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a |
| 43 | concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be |
| 44 | removed from practice or competition at that time. A student |
| 45 | athlete who has been removed from practice or competition may |
| 46 | not return to practice or competition until the student receives |
| 47 | written clearance to return from a physician licensed under |
| 48 | chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is trained in the evaluation and |
| 49 | management of concussions. Prior to issuing a written clearance |
| 50 | to return to play, a physician may: |
| 51 | 1. Delegate the performance of medical acts to a health |
| 52 | care practitioner licensed or certified under s. 458.347, s. |
| 53 | 459.022, s. 464.012, or s. 468.707 with whom the physician |
| 54 | maintains a formal supervisory relationship or an established |
| 55 | written protocol that identifies the medical acts or evaluations |
| 56 | to be performed and conditions for their performance and that |
| 57 | attests to proficiency in the evaluation and management of |
| 58 | concussions. |
| 59 | 2. Consult with, or utilize testing and evaluation of |
| 60 | cognitive functions performed by, a neuropsychologist licensed |
| 61 | under chapter 490. |
| 62 | 3. Consult with or utilize evaluations performed by a |
| 63 | chiropractic physician licensed under chapter 460. |