State of Ohio Legislations
Senate Bill 534 - Protecting Against Abuse in Youth Sports
All Coaches and Umpires over the age of 18 must complete the below course prior to start of season
https://www.nays.org/resources/more/free-protecting-against-abuse-training/
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/protecting-students-from-abuse
Concussion in Youth Sports: Ohio's Return-to-Play Law
**Ohio’s Return-to-Play Law goes into effect on April 26th, 2013**
Training Courses for Managers & Umpires...only need to take one course
Three different links that you can obtain concussion certificate
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/concussion-in-sports-2
https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html
https://www.nays.org/resources/more/free-concussion-training/
Parents
1. Youth Sports Organization -Concussion Information Sheet
2. Return To Play - Medical Clearance (Release) Form
Lindsay’s Law: Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth Athletes
**Law goes into effect immediately - 2017**
Click here for Healthy Ohio website - Lindsay's Law: SCA in Youth Athletes
For parents/guardians and youth athletes:
For coaches:
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If you are a coach for an interscholastic sport and are licensed by the Ohio Department of Education, please visit their website for information about their training requirements around Lindsay’s Law.
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If you are a coach in a community program, please use the following resources:
***Forms required by Knothole Baseball***
Coach Agreement Player/Parent Agreement
Click on the links above. They are both editable PDFs. Once you open them with your PDF reader, you should be able to fill in all of needed areas, print & then obtain signatures.
