First Time Participant Clearance Procedures
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Returning Student-Athlete Clearance Procedures
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or Medical Condition
Injured student-athletes are returned to sport following graduated return-to-play paradigms as their level of function and pain levels allow. It is our goal to return our student-athletes to sport in a safe manner that decreases the likelihood of re-injury and preserves their long-term quality of life.
Any student-athlete that has seen a physician regarding an injury or other medical condition that is beyond the scope of athletic training as defined by professional best practices, State statutes, and Physician Standing Orders must provide the Director of Sports Medicine or their designee with a written medical clearance note from the attending physician prior to returning to any physical activity associated with College sanctioned intercollegiate athletics. This note must reference the condition for which they were seen, and state that they are cleared for full participation or detail any restrictions that should be adhered to.
Our staff will provide a blank copy of our clearance form to any student-athlete that we refer for outside care. We instruct student-athletes to bring the form with them to their appointment for the physician to complete. The student-athlete must return the completed form or other acceptable correspondence from the physician, as described above, to us prior to resuming activity, and then must only return as directed by the physician’s note.
As always, the team physician or his designees (our Sports Medicine providers) have the final authority to clear or withhold a student-athlete from play. If we are not in agreement with a medical clearance note from an outside provider we may continue to withhold that student-athlete from play and refer them to the team physician for a final decision regarding their clearance status.
