Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 730
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Jones moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (473428) 
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    3         Delete lines 22 - 86
    4  and insert:
    5         (g) Adopt bylaws or policies that require student athletes
    6  who are suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a
    7  practice or competition to be immediately removed from the
    8  activity. A student athlete who has been removed may not return
    9  to practice or competition until the student receives written
   10  clearance to return from a physician who is licensed under
   11  chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460 which states that the
   12  student athlete no longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors
   13  consistent with a concussion or other head injury. Before
   14  issuing a written clearance to return to practice or
   15  competition, a physician may:
   16         1. Delegate the performance of medical acts to a health
   17  care provider licensed or certified under s. 458.347, s.
   18  459.022, s. 464.012, or s. 468.707 with whom the physician
   19  maintains a formal supervisory relationship or an established
   20  written protocol that identifies the medical acts or evaluations
   21  to be performed and conditions for their performance and that
   22  attests to proficiency in the evaluation and management of
   23  concussions.
   24         2. Consult with, or utilize testing and evaluation of
   25  cognitive functions performed by, a neuropsychologist licensed
   26  under chapter 490.
   27         Section 2. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are added to
   28  subsection (2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
   29         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
   30         (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.—
   31         (e) The organization shall adopt guidelines to educate
   32  athletic coaches, officials, administrators, student athletes,
   33  and their parents of the nature and risk of concussion and head
   34  injury.
   35         (f) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that
   36  require the parent of a student who is participating in
   37  interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for
   38  an interscholastic athletic team to sign and return an informed
   39  consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion and head
   40  injury, including the risk of continuing to play after
   41  concussion or head injury, each year before participating in
   42  interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any
   43  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated
   44  with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic
   45  team.
   46         (g) The organization shall adopt bylaws or policies that
   47  require student athletes who are suspected of sustaining a
   48  concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
   49  immediately removed from the activity. A student athlete who has
   50  been removed may not return to practice or competition until the
   51  student receives written clearance to return from a physician
   52  who is licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 460
   53  which states that the student athlete no longer exhibits signs,
   54  symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or other
   55  head injury. Before issuing a written clearance to return to
   56  practice or competition, a physician may:
   57         1. Delegate the performance of medical acts to a health
   58  care practitioner licensed or certified under s. 458.347, s.
   59  459.022, s. 464.012, or s. 468.707 with whom the physician
   60  maintains a formal supervisory relationship or an established
   61  written protocol that identifies the medical acts or evaluations
   62  to be performed and conditions for their performance and that
   63  attests to proficiency in the evaluation and management of
   64  concussions.
   65         2. Consult with, or utilize testing and evaluation of
   66  cognitive functions performed by, a neuropsychologist licensed
   67  under chapter 490.