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Sub. H. B. No. 143 As Enrolled
(129th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Bill Number 143)
AN ACT
To amend sections 3314.03, 3319.303, and 3326.11 and
to enact sections 3313.539, 3314.142, 3326.27,
3707.51, 3707.511, and 3707.52 of the Revised Code
with regard to concussions and head injuries in
youth sports.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 3314.03, 3319.303, and 3326.11 be
amended and sections 3313.539, 3314.142, 3326.27, 3707.51,
3707.511, and 3707.52 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 3313.539. (A) As used in this section, "physician" means
a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to
practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(B) No school district board of education or governing
authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall
permit a student to practice for or compete in interscholastic
athletics until the student has submitted, to a school official
designated by the board or governing authority, a form signed by
the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the
student stating that the student and the parent, guardian, or
other person having care or charge of the student have received
the concussion and head injury information sheet required by
section 3707.52 of the Revised Code. A completed form shall be
submitted each school year, as defined in section 3313.62 of the
Revised Code, for each sport or other category of interscholastic
athletics for or in which the student practices or competes.
(C)(1) No school district board of education or governing
authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall
permit an individual to coach interscholastic athletics unless the
individual holds a pupil-activity program permit issued under
section 3319.303 of the Revised Code for coaching interscholastic
athletics.
(2) No school district board of education or governing
authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall
permit an individual to referee interscholastic athletics unless
the individual holds a pupil-activity program permit issued under
section 3319.303 of the Revised Code for coaching interscholastic
athletics or presents evidence that the individual has
successfully completed, within the previous three years, a
training program in recognizing the symptoms of concussions and
head injuries to which the department of health has provided a
link on its internet web site under section 3707.52 of the Revised
Code or a training program authorized and required by an
organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events.
(D) If a student practicing for or competing in an
interscholastic athletic event exhibits signs, symptoms, or
behaviors consistent with having sustained a concussion or head
injury while participating in the practice or competition, the
student shall be removed from the practice or competition by
either of the following:
(1) The individual who is serving as the student's coach
during that practice or competition;
(2) An individual who is serving as a referee during that
practice or competition.
(E)(1) If a student is removed from practice or competition
under division (D) of this section, the coach or referee who
removed the student shall not allow the student, on the same day
the student is removed, to return to that practice or competition
or to participate in any other practice or competition for which
the coach or referee is responsible. Thereafter, the coach or
referee shall not allow the student to return to that practice or
competition or to participate in any other practice or competition
for which the coach or referee is responsible until both of the
following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The student's condition is assessed by either of the
following:
(i) A physician;
(ii) Any other licensed health care provider the school
district board of education or governing authority of the
chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school, pursuant to division
(E)(2) of this section, authorizes to assess a student who has
been removed from practice or competition under division (D) of
this section.
(b) The student receives written clearance that it is safe
for the student to return to practice or competition from a
physician or from another licensed health care provider authorized
pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section to grant the
clearance.
(2) A school district board of education or governing
authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school may
authorize a licensed health care provider who is not a physician
to make an assessment or grant a clearance for purposes of
division (E)(1) of this section only if the provider is acting in
accordance with one of the following, as applicable to the
provider's authority to practice in this state:
(a) In consultation with a physician;
(b) Pursuant to the referral of a physician;
(c) In collaboration with a physician;
(d) Under the supervision of a physician.
(3) A physician or other licensed health care provider who
makes an assessment or grants a clearance for purposes of division
(E)(1) of this section may be a volunteer.
(F) A school district board of education or governing
authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that is
subject to the rules of an interscholastic conference or an
organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events
shall be considered to be in compliance with divisions (B), (D),
and (E) of this section, as long as the requirements of those
rules are substantially similar to the requirements of divisions
(B), (D), and (E) of this section.
(G)(1) A school district, member of a school district board
of education, or school district employee or volunteer, including
a coach or referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for
injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising
from providing services or performing duties under this section,
unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton
misconduct.
This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other
immunity or defense that a school district, member of a school
district board of education, or school district employee or
volunteer, including a coach or referee, may be entitled to under
Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under
the common law of this state.
(2) A chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school or any
officer, director, employee, or volunteer of the school, including
a coach or referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for
injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising
from providing services or performing duties under this section,
unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton
misconduct.
Sec. 3314.03. A copy of every contract entered into under
this section shall be filed with the superintendent of public
instruction. The department of education shall make available on
its web site a copy of every approved, executed contract filed
with the superintendent under this section.
(A) Each contract entered into between a sponsor and the
governing authority of a community school shall specify the
following:
(1) That the school shall be established as either of the
following:
(a) A nonprofit corporation established under Chapter 1702.
of the Revised Code, if established prior to April 8, 2003;
(b) A public benefit corporation established under Chapter
1702. of the Revised Code, if established after April 8, 2003.
(2) The education program of the school, including the
school's mission, the characteristics of the students the school
is expected to attract, the ages and grades of students, and the
focus of the curriculum;
(3) The academic goals to be achieved and the method of
measurement that will be used to determine progress toward those
goals, which shall include the statewide achievement assessments;
(4) Performance standards by which the success of the school
will be evaluated by the sponsor;
(5) The admission standards of section 3314.06 of the Revised
Code and, if applicable, section 3314.061 of the Revised Code;
(6)(a) Dismissal procedures;
(b) A requirement that the governing authority adopt an
attendance policy that includes a procedure for automatically
withdrawing a student from the school if the student without a
legitimate excuse fails to participate in one hundred five
consecutive hours of the learning opportunities offered to the
student.
(7) The ways by which the school will achieve racial and
ethnic balance reflective of the community it serves;
(8) Requirements for financial audits by the auditor of
state. The contract shall require financial records of the school
to be maintained in the same manner as are financial records of
school districts, pursuant to rules of the auditor of state.
Audits shall be conducted in accordance with section 117.10 of the
Revised Code.
(9) The facilities to be used and their locations;
(10) Qualifications of teachers, including the following:
(a) A requirement that the school's classroom teachers be
licensed in accordance with sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the
Revised Code, except that a community school may engage
noncertificated persons to teach up to twelve hours per week
pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code;
(b) A requirement that each classroom teacher initially hired
by the school on or after July 1, 2013, and employed to provide
instruction in physical education hold a valid license issued
pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code for teaching
physical education.
(11) That the school will comply with the following
requirements:
(a) The school will provide learning opportunities to a
minimum of twenty-five students for a minimum of nine hundred
twenty hours per school year.
(b) The governing authority will purchase liability
insurance, or otherwise provide for the potential liability of the
school.
(c) The school will be nonsectarian in its programs,
admission policies, employment practices, and all other
operations, and will not be operated by a sectarian school or
religious institution.
(d) The school will comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65,
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 3301.0710, 3301.0711,
3301.0712, 3301.0715, 3313.472, 3313.50, 3313.536, 3313.539,
3313.608, 3313.609, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014, 3313.6015,
3313.643, 3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662,
3313.666, 3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673,
3313.69, 3313.71, 3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.814,
3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.321, 3319.39,
3319.391, 3319.41, 3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17,
3321.18, 3321.19, 3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and
5705.391 and Chapters 117., 1347., 2744., 3365., 3742., 4112.,
4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school
district and will comply with section 3301.0714 of the Revised
Code in the manner specified in section 3314.17 of the Revised
Code.
(e) The school shall comply with Chapter 102. and section
2921.42 of the Revised Code.
(f) The school will comply with sections 3313.61, 3313.611,
and 3313.614 of the Revised Code, except that for students who
enter ninth grade for the first time before July 1, 2010, the
requirement in sections 3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code
that a person must successfully complete the curriculum in any
high school prior to receiving a high school diploma may be met by
completing the curriculum adopted by the governing authority of
the community school rather than the curriculum specified in Title
XXXIII of the Revised Code or any rules of the state board of
education. Beginning with students who enter ninth grade for the
first time on or after July 1, 2010, the requirement in sections
3313.61 and 3313.611 of the Revised Code that a person must
successfully complete the curriculum of a high school prior to
receiving a high school diploma shall be met by completing the
Ohio core curriculum prescribed in division (C) of section
3313.603 of the Revised Code, unless the person qualifies under
division (D) or (F) of that section. Each school shall comply with
the plan for awarding high school credit based on demonstration of
subject area competency, adopted by the state board of education
under division (J) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code.
(g) The school governing authority will submit within four
months after the end of each school year a report of its
activities and progress in meeting the goals and standards of
divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and its financial status
to the sponsor and the parents of all students enrolled in the
school.
(h) The school, unless it is an internet- or computer-based
community school, will comply with section 3313.801 of the Revised
Code as if it were a school district.
(i) If the school is the recipient of moneys from a grant
awarded under the federal race to the top program, Division (A),
Title XIV, Sections 14005 and 14006 of the "American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, the
school will pay teachers based upon performance in accordance with
section 3317.141 and will comply with section 3319.111 of the
Revised Code as if it were a school district.
(12) Arrangements for providing health and other benefits to
employees;
(13) The length of the contract, which shall begin at the
beginning of an academic year. No contract shall exceed five years
unless such contract has been renewed pursuant to division (E) of
this section.
(14) The governing authority of the school, which shall be
responsible for carrying out the provisions of the contract;
(15) A financial plan detailing an estimated school budget
for each year of the period of the contract and specifying the
total estimated per pupil expenditure amount for each such year.
The plan shall specify for each year the base formula amount that
will be used for purposes of funding calculations under section
3314.08 of the Revised Code. This base formula amount for any year
shall not exceed the formula amount defined under section 3317.02
of the Revised Code. The plan may also specify for any year a
percentage figure to be used for reducing the per pupil amount of
the subsidy calculated pursuant to section 3317.029 of the Revised
Code the school is to receive that year under section 3314.08 of
the Revised Code.
(16) Requirements and procedures regarding the disposition of
employees of the school in the event the contract is terminated or
not renewed pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code;
(17) Whether the school is to be created by converting all or
part of an existing public school or educational service center
building or is to be a new start-up school, and if it is a
converted public school or service center building, specification
of any duties or responsibilities of an employer that the board of
education or service center governing board that operated the
school or building before conversion is delegating to the
governing authority of the community school with respect to all or
any specified group of employees provided the delegation is not
prohibited by a collective bargaining agreement applicable to such
employees;
(18) Provisions establishing procedures for resolving
disputes or differences of opinion between the sponsor and the
governing authority of the community school;
(19) A provision requiring the governing authority to adopt a
policy regarding the admission of students who reside outside the
district in which the school is located. That policy shall comply
with the admissions procedures specified in sections 3314.06 and
3314.061 of the Revised Code and, at the sole discretion of the
authority, shall do one of the following:
(a) Prohibit the enrollment of students who reside outside
the district in which the school is located;
(b) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in districts
adjacent to the district in which the school is located;
(c) Permit the enrollment of students who reside in any other
district in the state.
(20) A provision recognizing the authority of the department
of education to take over the sponsorship of the school in
accordance with the provisions of division (C) of section 3314.015
of the Revised Code;
(21) A provision recognizing the sponsor's authority to
assume the operation of a school under the conditions specified in
division (B) of section 3314.073 of the Revised Code;
(22) A provision recognizing both of the following:
(a) The authority of public health and safety officials to
inspect the facilities of the school and to order the facilities
closed if those officials find that the facilities are not in
compliance with health and safety laws and regulations;
(b) The authority of the department of education as the
community school oversight body to suspend the operation of the
school under section 3314.072 of the Revised Code if the
department has evidence of conditions or violations of law at the
school that pose an imminent danger to the health and safety of
the school's students and employees and the sponsor refuses to
take such action.
(23) A description of the learning opportunities that will be
offered to students including both classroom-based and
non-classroom-based learning opportunities that is in compliance
with criteria for student participation established by the
department under division (L)(2) of section 3314.08 of the Revised
Code;
(24) The school will comply with sections 3302.04 and
3302.041 of the Revised Code, except that any action required to
be taken by a school district pursuant to those sections shall be
taken by the sponsor of the school. However, the sponsor shall not
be required to take any action described in division (F) of
section 3302.04 of the Revised Code.
(25) Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the school will
open for operation not later than the thirtieth day of September
each school year, unless the mission of the school as specified
under division (A)(2) of this section is solely to serve dropouts.
In its initial year of operation, if the school fails to open by
the thirtieth day of September, or within one year after the
adoption of the contract pursuant to division (D) of section
3314.02 of the Revised Code if the mission of the school is solely
to serve dropouts, the contract shall be void.
(B) The community school shall also submit to the sponsor a
comprehensive plan for the school. The plan shall specify the
following:
(1) The process by which the governing authority of the
school will be selected in the future;
(2) The management and administration of the school;
(3) If the community school is a currently existing public
school or educational service center building, alternative
arrangements for current public school students who choose not to
attend the converted school and for teachers who choose not to
teach in the school or building after conversion;
(4) The instructional program and educational philosophy of
the school;
(5) Internal financial controls.
(C) A contract entered into under section 3314.02 of the
Revised Code between a sponsor and the governing authority of a
community school may provide for the community school governing
authority to make payments to the sponsor, which is hereby
authorized to receive such payments as set forth in the contract
between the governing authority and the sponsor. The total amount
of such payments for oversight and monitoring of the school shall
not exceed three per cent of the total amount of payments for
operating expenses that the school receives from the state.
(D) The contract shall specify the duties of the sponsor
which shall be in accordance with the written agreement entered
into with the department of education under division (B) of
section 3314.015 of the Revised Code and shall include the
following:
(1) Monitor the community school's compliance with all laws
applicable to the school and with the terms of the contract;
(2) Monitor and evaluate the academic and fiscal performance
and the organization and operation of the community school on at
least an annual basis;
(3) Report on an annual basis the results of the evaluation
conducted under division (D)(2) of this section to the department
of education and to the parents of students enrolled in the
community school;
(4) Provide technical assistance to the community school in
complying with laws applicable to the school and terms of the
contract;
(5) Take steps to intervene in the school's operation to
correct problems in the school's overall performance, declare the
school to be on probationary status pursuant to section 3314.073
of the Revised Code, suspend the operation of the school pursuant
to section 3314.072 of the Revised Code, or terminate the contract
of the school pursuant to section 3314.07 of the Revised Code as
determined necessary by the sponsor;
(6) Have in place a plan of action to be undertaken in the
event the community school experiences financial difficulties or
closes prior to the end of a school year.
(E) Upon the expiration of a contract entered into under this
section, the sponsor of a community school may, with the approval
of the governing authority of the school, renew that contract for
a period of time determined by the sponsor, but not ending earlier
than the end of any school year, if the sponsor finds that the
school's compliance with applicable laws and terms of the contract
and the school's progress in meeting the academic goals prescribed
in the contract have been satisfactory. Any contract that is
renewed under this division remains subject to the provisions of
sections 3314.07, 3314.072, and 3314.073 of the Revised Code.
(F) If a community school fails to open for operation within
one year after the contract entered into under this section is
adopted pursuant to division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised
Code or permanently closes prior to the expiration of the
contract, the contract shall be void and the school shall not
enter into a contract with any other sponsor. A school shall not
be considered permanently closed because the operations of the
school have been suspended pursuant to section 3314.072 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 3314.142. (A) A community school, member of a community
school governing authority, community school employee or
volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of
a community school operator, including a coach or referee, is not
liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to
person or property allegedly arising from providing services or
performing duties under section 3313.539 of the Revised Code,
unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton
misconduct.
(B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any
other immunity or defense that a community school, member of a
community school governing authority, community school employee or
volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of
a community school operator, including a coach or referee, may be
entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any other provision of the
Revised Code or under the common law of this state.
Sec. 3319.303. (A) The state board of education shall adopt
rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a
pupil-activity program permit for any individual who does not hold
a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the
state board under section 3319.22, 3319.26, or 3319.27 of the
Revised Code. The permit issued under this section shall be valid
for coaching, supervising, or directing a pupil-activity program
under section 3313.53 of the Revised Code. Subject to the
provisions of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, a permit issued
under this section shall be valid for three years and shall be
renewable.
(B) The state board shall adopt rules applicable to
individuals who hold valid educator licenses, certificates, or
permits issued by the state board under section 3319.22, 3319.26,
or 3319.27 of the Revised Code setting forth standards to assure
any such individual's competence to direct, supervise, or coach a
pupil-activity program. The rules adopted under this division
shall not be more stringent than the standards set forth in rules
applicable to individuals who do not hold such licenses,
certificates, or permits adopted under division (A) of this
section.
(C) As a condition to issuing or renewing a pupil-activity
program permit to coach interscholastic athletics:
(1) The state board shall require each individual applying
for a first permit on or after the effective date of this
amendment to successfully complete a training program that is
specifically focused on brain trauma and brain injury management.
(2) The state board shall require each individual applying
for a permit renewal on or after that date to present evidence
that the individual has successfully completed, within the
previous three years, a training program in recognizing the
symptoms of concussions and head injuries to which the department
of health has provided a link on its internet web site under
section 3707.52 of the Revised Code or a training program
authorized and required by an organization that regulates
interscholastic conferences or events.
Sec. 3326.11. Each science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics school established under this chapter and its
governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65,
121.22, 149.43, 2151.357, 2151.421, 2313.19, 2921.42, 2921.43,
3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3313.14, 3313.15, 3313.16, 3313.18,
3313.201, 3313.26, 3313.472, 3313.48, 3313.481, 3313.482, 3313.50,
3313.536, 3313.539, 3313.608, 3313.6012, 3313.6013, 3313.6014,
3313.6015, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.614, 3313.615, 3313.643,
3313.648, 3313.6411, 3313.66, 3313.661, 3313.662, 3313.666,
3313.667, 3313.67, 3313.671, 3313.672, 3313.673, 3313.69, 3313.71,
3313.716, 3313.718, 3313.719, 3313.80, 3313.801, 3313.814,
3313.816, 3313.817, 3313.86, 3313.88, 3313.96, 3319.073, 3319.21,
3319.32, 3319.321, 3319.35, 3319.39, 3319.391, 3319.41, 3319.45,
3321.01, 3321.041, 3321.13, 3321.14, 3321.17, 3321.18, 3321.19,
3321.191, 3327.10, 4111.17, 4113.52, and 5705.391 and Chapters
102., 117., 1347., 2744., 3307., 3309., 3365., 3742., 4112.,
4123., 4141., and 4167. of the Revised Code as if it were a school
district.
Sec. 3326.27. (A) A STEM school, member of a STEM school
governing body, or STEM school employee or volunteer, including a
coach or referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for
injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising
from providing services or performing duties under section
3313.539 of the Revised Code, unless the act or omission
constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any
other immunity or defense that a STEM school, member of a STEM
school governing body, or STEM school employee or volunteer,
including a coach or referee, may be entitled to under Chapter
2744. or any other provision of the Revised Code or under the
common law of this state.
Sec. 3707.51. As used in sections 3707.511 and 3707.52 of the
Revised Code, "youth sports organization" means a public or
nonpublic entity that organizes an athletic activity in which the
athletes are not more than nineteen years of age and are required
to pay a fee to participate in the athletic activity or whose cost
to participate is sponsored by a business or nonprofit
organization.
Sec. 3707.511. (A) As used in this section, "physician"
means a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code
to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
surgery.
(B) A youth sports organization shall provide to the parent,
guardian, or other person having care or charge of an individual
who wishes to practice for or compete in an athletic activity
organized by a youth sports organization the concussion and head
injury information sheet required by section 3707.52 of the
Revised Code. The organization shall provide the information sheet
annually for each sport or other category of athletic activity for
or in which the individual practices or competes.
(C)(1) No individual shall act as a coach or referee for a
youth sports organization unless the individual holds a
pupil-activity program permit issued under section 3319.303 of the
Revised Code for coaching interscholastic athletics or presents
evidence that the individual has successfully completed, within
the previous three years, a training program in recognizing the
symptoms of concussions and head injuries to which the department
of health has provided a link on its internet web site under
section 3707.52 of the Revised Code.
(2) The youth sports organization for which the individual
intends to act as a coach or referee shall inform the individual
of the requirement described in division (C)(1) of this section.
(D) If an individual practicing for or competing in an
athletic event organized by a youth sports organization exhibits
signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with having sustained a
concussion or head injury while participating in the practice or
competition, the individual shall be removed from the practice or
competition by one of the following:
(1) The individual who is serving as the individual's coach
during that practice or competition;
(2) An individual who is serving as a referee during that
practice or competition;
(3) An official of the youth sports organization who is
supervising that practice or competition.
(E)(1) If an individual is removed from practice or
competition under division (D) of this section, the coach,
referee, or official who removed the individual shall not allow
the individual, on the same day the individual is removed, to
return to that practice or competition or to participate in any
other practice or competition for which the coach, referee, or
official is responsible. Thereafter, the coach, referee, or
official shall not allow the student to return to that practice or
competition or to participate in any other practice or competition
for which the coach, referee, or official is responsible until
both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The individual's condition is assessed by either of the
following:
(i) A physician;
(ii) Any other licensed health care provider the youth sports
organization, pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section,
authorizes to assess an individual who has been removed from
practice or competition under division (D) of this section.
(b) The individual receives written clearance that it is safe
for the individual to return to practice or competition from a
physician or from another licensed health care provider authorized
pursuant to division (E)(2) of this section to grant the
clearance.
(2) A youth sports organization may authorize a licensed
health care provider who is not a physician to make an assessment
or grant a clearance for purposes of division (E)(1) of this
section only if the provider is acting in accordance with one of
the following, as applicable to the provider's authority to
practice in this state:
(a) In consultation with a physician;
(b) Pursuant to the referral of a physician;
(c) In collaboration with a physician;
(d) Under the supervision of a physician.
(3) A physician or other licensed health care provider who
makes an assessment or grants a clearance for purposes of division
(E)(1) of this section may be a volunteer.
(F)(1) A youth sports organization or official, employee, or
volunteer of a youth sports organization, including a coach or
referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury,
death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from
providing services or performing duties under this section, unless
the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(2) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any
other immunity or defense that a public entity, public official,
or public employee may be entitled to under Chapter 2744. or any
other provision of the Revised Code or under the common law of
this state.
Sec. 3707.52. (A) The department of health shall create a
concussion and head injury information sheet for participants in
interscholastic athletics and youth sports organizations. The
department shall include in the information sheet pertinent
information to inform and educate coaches, athletes, and the
parents, guardians, or other persons having care or charge of
athletes of the signs and symptoms of concussion or head injury
and the risks of continuing to practice for or compete in an
athletic event or activity after sustaining a concussion or head
injury. The department periodically shall review the information
sheet and update it accordingly.
The department shall make the information sheet available on
its internet web site in a format suitable for easy downloading
and printing.
(B) The department shall provide a link on its internet web
site to one or more free online training programs in recognizing
the symptoms of concussions and head injuries. The department
shall include one or more programs that are appropriate for
coaches or referees of schools or youth sports organizations
seeking to fulfill the requirements of section 3313.539 or
3707.511 of the Revised Code.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 3314.03, 3319.303, and
3326.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Sections 3313.539, 3314.03, 3314.142, 3319.303,
3326.11, 3326.27, and 3707.511 of the Revised Code, as amended or
enacted by this act, shall take effect thirty days after the
effective date of this section.
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