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Rule 3 - Administrative Responsibility

license to practice medicine, a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant who shall
clear the student for athletic participation using the current IHSAA Pre-Participation
Evaluation form;
(2.) the parent/s or Guardian/s shall give written consent for such participation, shall
acknowledge the risks of athletic participation and shall release and hold harmless
the IHSAA and all member Schools from liability, unless the student is emancipated
and then the Emancipated Student shall consent, acknowledge, and release and hold
harmless, using the current IHSAA Consent, Acknowledgement and Release form;
(3.) the student shall acknowledge the risks of athletic participation and shall release and
hold harmless the IHSAA and all member Schools from liability, using the current
IHSAA Consent, Acknowledgement and Release form;
(4.) the parent/s or Guardian/s shall consent, unless the student is emancipated, and
then the Emancipated Student shall consent, to the disclosure by the School, to
the IHSAA, of all requested detailed financial (athletic or otherwise), scholastic and
attendance records of the School, including records which may concern or be related
to the student unless the student is emancipated in which event the student shall give
such consent; and
(5.) the parent/s, Guardian/s and student shall consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and
venue of courts in Marion County, Indiana for all claims and disputes between and
among the IHSAA and the parent/s, Guardian/s, and/or student, including but not
limited to, any claims or disputes involving Membership, eligibility, or rule violation
using the current IHSAA Consent, Acknowledgement and Release form.
b. The fully completed IHSAA Pre-Participation Evaluation and the Consent, Acknowledgement
and Release/Hold Harmless Certificate shall be on file in the office of the principal or
his/her designee prior to the student’s first Practice. Such certificate may suffice for the
entire school year. Unless the fully completed IHSAA Pre-Participation Evaluation and the
Consent, Acknowledgement and Release is on file in the office of the principal or his/her
designee the student shall be ineligible to participate in a Practice session or any interschool
Contests. This section of the rule cannot be waived.
c. The Commissioner, after consultation with medical professionals and others, (i) may
change the date when a student must have the medical physical evaluation completed,
have the IHSAA Pre-Participation Evaluation form completed and have the Consent,
Acknowledgement and Release/Hold Harmless Certificate form completed, (ii) may
lengthen or shorten the frequency a student must have the medical physical evaluation
completed, have the IHSAA Pre-Participation Evaluation form completed and have the
Consent, Acknowledgement and Release/Hold Harmless Certificate form completed and
(iii) may permit an incoming freshman student to utilize such student’s medical physical
evaluation from middle/junior high school and such student’s Pre-Participation form from
middle/junior high school, to satisfy this rule.
3-11 Physician Statement Authorizing Participation Following Absence
Students properly certified to participate in interschool athletic activities, who are absent from
School for five consecutive days due to illness or injury or who are physically unable to Practice
for five consecutive days due to illness or injury, must present to their principal a statement
from a physician holding an unlimited license to practice medicine, a nurse practitioner or a
physician assistant, that they are again physically fit to participate in interschool athletics. (See
rule 9-14 for Practice requirements.)
3-12 Continuing Education for Athletic Director
Every athletic director, or activities director with oversight for athletics, must successfully
complete an organization and administration class prior to being employed for a second year.
Note: This rule does not apply to those individuals hired prior to the 2008-09 school year.
a. The organization and administration component requires the successful completion of:
(1.) IHSAA New Athletic Administrators’ class offered each July, and
(2.) LTC 504 offered by NIAAA at state and national conferences, as well as online at
www.niaaa.org.
b. Member Schools shall maintain a record of training completed by athletic administrators.
This record shall be furnished to the Association on request of the Commissioner or his/
her designee. Failure to complete the required education within the appropriate time frame
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