Minnesota Legislature's New "Concussion Law" Requires Online Training for All Coaches and Officials and Concussion Education for all Parents and Athletes Starting this Fall

The Minnesota Legislature recently passed a "Concussion Law" which requires any municipality, business, school district or nonprofit organization that organizes a youth athletic activity and charges a fee to follow the statute's requirements, including implementing concussion training and education to improve player safety and establish safe return-to-play policies for athletes who sustain a concussion.

The law mandates that:

• All coaches (head and assistants) and officials receive concussion training and education by September 1, 2011, and then at three-year intervals thereafter.
• Coaches must remove an athlete from activity if they exhibit signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion and/or are suspected of sustaining a concussion.
• The law also requires a doctor's signature to return to play if an athlete is removed due to a concussion or is showing signs or symptoms of a concussion.

Parents and athletes do not have to complete the training but should access and review the concussion awareness and educational information available at CDC's website:
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/youth.html

COACHES:  PLEASE DO NOT DO THE CONCUSSION TRAINING THROUGH THE CDC.  WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM IN PLACE.  

This link is for educational purposes only.