75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 295
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 348
                 Ordered by the Senate April 17
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 17
 
Sponsored by Senator MORRISETTE (at the request of Brain Injury
  Association of Oregon)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Directs school district to ensure that football helmets
be annually inspected and to replace all helmets within 10 years.
Prohibits use of football helmets that do not meet standards
adopted by State Board of Education. - }
  Requires coaches of   { - interscholastic football - }
 { + school athletic + } teams to receive annual training on how
to recognize symptoms of concussion and how to seek proper
medical treatment for person suspected of having concussion.
 { + Requires coach to not allow member of school athletic team
to participate in athletic event or training on same day that
member exhibits signs of or is diagnosed with having
concussion. + }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to safety of school sports; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'coach' means a
person who instructs or trains members on a school athletic team,
as identified by criteria established by the State Board of
Education by rule.
  (2)(a) Each school district shall ensure that coaches 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) The board shall establish by rule:
  (A) The requirements of the training described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection, which shall be provided by using community
resources to the extent practicable; and
  (B) Timelines to ensure that, to the extent practicable, every
coach receives the training described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection before the beginning of the season for the school
athletic team.
  (3)(a) A coach may not allow a member of a school 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 school 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. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2009 Act first applies to the
2010-2011 school year. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect July 1,
2009. + }
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