Proposed VT Legislation on Concussion Prevention

Senators Sears, Ashe and Campbell (he represents Windsor County) have introduced a bill in the VT legislature that would require school athletic coaches and referees to receive training on how to prevent concussions from occurring during athletic activities; 2) prohibit a coach or an athletic trainer from allowing an athlete to continue participating in a school athletic event if the trainers knows or should know that the athlete has sustained a concussion or other head injury; 3) require that a health care provider be consulted if a coach and an athletic trainer do not agree as to whether an athlete has sustained a concussion or other head injury; and 4) require the home team to ensure that a licensed athletic trainer or a health care provider is present at any athletic event involving a contact sport, and to notify the visiting team’s athletic director if an athlete on the visiting team suffers a serious injury. For the full bill, go to http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2014/bills/intro/S-004.pdf