HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Sobel offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (600753)
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15 remove from the amendment: all of said lines
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18 (3) The organization shall adopt bylaws that require
19 all students participating in interscholastic athletic
20 competition or who are candidates for an interscholastic
21 athletic team to satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each
22 year prior to participating in interscholastic athletic
23 competition or engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or
24 other physical activity associated with the student's
25 candidacy for an interscholastic athletic team. Such medical
26 evaluation can only be administered by a practitioner licensed
27 under the provisions of chapter 458, chapter 459, or s.
28 464.012 and in good standing with the practitioner's
29 appropriate regulatory board. The bylaws shall establish
30 requirements for eliciting a student's medical history and
31 performing the medical evaluation required under this
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
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1 subsection, which shall include minimum standards for the
2 physical capabilities necessary for participation in
3 interscholastic athletic competition as contained in a uniform
4 preparticipation physical evaluation form. Practitioners
5 administering medical evaluations pursuant to this section
6 must know the minimum standards established by the
7 organization and certify that the student meets the standards.
8 The medical evaluation shall include a standard 12-lead
9 electrocardiogram (EKG), interpreted by a practitioner
10 certified by an appropriate examining board as competent in
11 interpreting electrocardiograms. The EKG shall have been
12 performed at the time of the first qualifying medical
13 evaluation or within 12 months preceding that date and will
14 not be repeated on subsequent medical evaluations unless
15 indicated by a suspected or observed change in medical status
16 based on a medical evaluation. Results of such medical
17 evaluation must be provided to the school. No student shall
18 be eligible to participate in any interscholastic athletic
19 competition or engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or
20 other physical activity associated with the student's
21 candidacy for an interscholastic athletic team until the
22 results of the medical evaluation verifying that the student
23 has satisfactorily passed the evaluation have been received
24 and approved by the school.
25 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3),
26 a student may participate in interscholastic athletic
27 competition or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic
28 team if the parent or guardian of the student objects in
29 writing to the student undergoing a medical evaluation because
30 such evaluation is contrary to his or her religious tenets or
31 practices, provided that no person shall be held liable for
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1 any injury or other damages suffered by such student resulting
2 from his or her participation in interscholastic athletic
3 competition or in any practice, tryout, workout, or other
4 physical activity associated with his or her candidacy for an
5 interscholastic athletic team.
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