Bill Text: OR SB721 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to youth athletic team safety.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-5)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Effective date, January 1, 2014. [SB721 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB721-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 721
Sponsored by Senators STEINER HAYWARD, GIROD, ROSENBAUM, KNOPP;
Senators BURDICK, COURTNEY, DEVLIN, DINGFELDER, EDWARDS,
FERRIOLI, MONNES ANDERSON, MONROE, PROZANSKI, ROBLAN, THOMSEN,
Representatives BARTON, BOONE, DAVIS, FREDERICK, GREENLICK,
KENY-GUYER, WILLIAMSON
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to youth athletic team safety.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Coach' means a person who volunteers or is paid to
instruct or train members of a nonschool athletic team.
(b) 'League governing body' means a governing body that:
(A) Oversees an association of nonschool athletic teams that
provide instruction or training for team members and that may
compete with each other; and
(B) Is affiliated with, or otherwise sponsored or organized by,
a nonprofit corporation established as provided by ORS chapter
65.
(c) 'Nonschool athletic team' means an athletic team that
includes members who are under 18 years of age and that is not
affiliated with a public school in this state.
(d) 'Referee' means a person who volunteers or is paid to act
as a referee, as an umpire or in a similar supervisory position
for events involving nonschool athletic teams.
(e) 'Referee governing body' means a governing body that:
(A) Trains and certifies individuals to serve as referees for
nonschool athletic team events; and
(B) Is affiliated with, or otherwise sponsored or organized by,
a nonprofit corporation established as provided by ORS chapter
65.
(2)(a) Each league governing body and each referee governing
body shall ensure that the coaches and the referees,
respectively, receive annual training to learn how to recognize
the symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical
treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion.
(b) Each league governing body and each referee governing body
shall adopt a policy that establishes:
(A) The requirements of the training described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection; and
(B) Procedures that ensure that every coach and referee
receives the training described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection.
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(3)(a) A coach may not allow a member of a nonschool athletic
team to participate in any athletic event or training on the same
day that the member:
(A) Exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a
concussion following an observed or suspected blow to the head or
body; or
(B) Has been diagnosed with a concussion.
(b) A coach may allow a member of a nonschool athletic team who
is prohibited from participating in an athletic event or
training, as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, to
participate in an athletic event or training no sooner than the
day after the member experienced a blow to the head or body and
only after the member:
(A) No longer exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent
with a concussion; and
(B) Receives a medical release form from a health care
professional.
(4) A referee may not allow a member of a nonschool athletic
team to participate in any athletic event during which the member
exhibited signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a
concussion following an observed or suspected blow to the head or
body.
(5) The league governing body shall develop or use existing
guidelines and other relevant materials, and shall make available
those guidelines and materials, to inform and educate persons
under 18 years of age desiring to be a member on a nonschool
athletic team, the parents and legal guardians of the persons and
the coaches about the symptoms and warning signs of a concussion.
(6) For each year of participation, and prior to a person under
18 years of age participating as a member on a nonschool athletic
team, at least one parent or legal guardian of the person must
acknowledge the receipt of the guidelines and materials described
in subsection (5) of this section and the review of those
guidelines and materials by:
(a) The parent or legal guardian of the person; and
(b) If the person is 12 years of age or older, the person.
(7) A league governing body may hold an informational meeting
prior to the start of any season for each nonschool athletic team
regarding the symptoms and warning signs of a concussion.
(8)(a) Any person who regularly serves as a coach or as a
referee and who complies with the provisions of this section is
immune from civil or criminal liability related to a head injury
unless the person acted or failed to act because of gross
negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the
civil or criminal liability related to a head injury of a person
who does not regularly serve as a coach or a referee. + }
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Passed by Senate April 8, 2013
Repassed by Senate June 12, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 10, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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