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(A) The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to any elementary, middle or secondary school in the city, public or private, and any community center, public or private, which organizes and sponsors extracurricular athletic activities including games and practices for its student athlete(s).
STUDENT ATHLETE shall mean a student who prepares for or participates in an extracurricular athletic activity. EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY shall have the same meaning as that provided for in the Department of Public Health Regulations, 105 CMR 201.005; provided however, that the provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to any community center that organizes and sponsors noninterscholastic youth sports programs for athletic competition or instruction for participants under the age of 18.
(B) All schools and community centers shall ensure that all coaches, certified athletic trainers, trainers, volunteers, school and team physicians, school nurses and athletic directors annually complete a head injury training program approved by the Department of Public Health as found on the Department’s website. Schools and community centers may, in addition to on-line training programs approved by the Department, participate in live training programs that provide training in the recognition, management, response and prevention of concussions and other sports-related head injuries.
(Ord. 2012 c. 5 § 1)
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