Form provides information on Concussion Management Program (CMP) for PE and athletics.

Section 4. The department of kinesiology and rehabilitation science of the University of Hawaii, the department of education, and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association shall jointly develop a concussion monitoring and educational program for school athletics that requires: (1) Annual concussion awareness training for coaches, administrators, faculty, staff, and sports officials, including:

• (A) The signs and symptoms of a concussion;
• (B) The need to obtain:
• (i) Proper medical attention for a person suspected of having a concussion; and
• (ii) Medical clearance from licensed health care providers trained in concussion management, before a person may engage in any type of physical activity, practice, game, or competition;
• (C) Information on the nature and risk of concussions, including the danger of continuing to play after sustaining a concussion and the proper method of allowing a person who has sustained a concussion to return to activity; and
• (D) Information on the process of a concussed person’s return to school, academic and cognitive issues associated with a concussion, and classroom adjustments that the person may require;

(2) Annual concussion awareness education for participants in school athletics or youth athletic activities, including the parents of minor or student participants. The individuals required to receive education pursuant to this paragraph shall sign a concussion information sheet that they have attended, received, and viewed this concussion awareness education;

(3) Immediate removal from a game, practice, or other activity of any participant who is suspected of having a concussion or exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or balance problems. The concussed participant shall not return to the activity until cleared to do so by a licensed health care provider; trained in concussion management;

(4) A concussed student to obtain written clearance from an advanced practice nurse, neuropsychologist, physician assistant, physician, or osteopathic physician trained in concussion management prior to returning to academics and athletics, which:

• (A) States that the student is capable of resuming participation in a particular sport;
• (B) May require the student to follow a plan designed to aid the student to recover and resume participation in school and athletic activities that:
• (i) Includes, as appropriate, periods of cognitive and physical rest while symptoms of a concussion persist; and
• (ii) Reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive basis to prevent the reemergence or worsening of symptoms of a concussion; and
• (C) Requires that the student’s return to physical activity be monitored by the school’s State of Hawaii registered athletic trainer, if an athletic trainer is employed by the school;

Section 4. The department of kinesiology and rehabilitation science of the University of Hawaii, the department of education, and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association shall jointly develop a concussion monitoring and educational program for school athletics that requires: (1) Annual concussion awareness training for coaches, administrators, faculty, staff, and sports officials, including:

• (A) The signs and symptoms of a concussion;
• (B) The need to obtain:
• (i) Proper medical attention for a person suspected of having a concussion; and
• (ii) Medical clearance from licensed health care providers trained in concussion management, before a person may engage in any type of physical activity, practice, game, or competition;
• (C) Information on the nature and risk of concussions, including the danger of continuing to play after sustaining a concussion and the proper method of allowing a person who has sustained a concussion to return to activity; and
• (D) Information on the process of a concussed person’s return to school, academic and cognitive issues associated with a concussion, and classroom adjustments that the person may require;

(2) Annual concussion awareness education for participants in school athletics or youth athletic activities, including the parents of minor or student participants. The individuals required to receive education pursuant to this paragraph shall sign a concussion information sheet that they have attended, received, and viewed this concussion awareness education;

(3) Immediate removal from a game, practice, or other activity of any participant who is suspected of having a concussion or exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, such as loss of consciousness, headache, dizziness, confusion, or balance problems. The concussed participant shall not return to the activity until cleared to do so by a licensed health care provider; trained in concussion management;

(4) A concussed student to obtain written clearance from an advanced practice nurse, neuropsychologist, physician assistant, physician, or osteopathic physician trained in concussion management prior to returning to academics and athletics, which:

• (A) States that the student is capable of resuming participation in a particular sport;
• (B) May require the student to follow a plan designed to aid the student to recover and resume participation in school and athletic activities that:
• (i) Includes, as appropriate, periods of cognitive and physical rest while symptoms of a concussion persist; and
• (ii) Reintroduces cognitive and physical demands on the student on a progressive basis to prevent the reemergence or worsening of symptoms of a concussion; and
• (C) Requires that the student’s return to physical activity be monitored by the school’s State of Hawaii registered athletic trainer, if an athletic trainer is employed by the school;