Bill Text: IN HB1178 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sudden cardiac arrest.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Representative McNamara added as coauthor [HB1178 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1178-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-34-8; IC 34-30-2-85.6.
Synopsis: Sudden cardiac arrest. Requires the department of
education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate
guidelines, information sheets, and forms to school corporations and
nonpublic schools to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and
parents of student athletes of the nature and risk of sudden cardiac
arrest. Requires that a student athlete and the student athlete's parent
must be given information concerning sudden cardiac arrest and return
a form acknowledging receipt of the information to the student athlete's
coach each year before beginning practice for an athletic activity.
Requires that a student athlete who is suspected of experiencing a
symptom of sudden cardiac arrest must be removed from play at the
time the sudden cardiac arrest symptom is identified. Provides that the
student athlete may not return to play until the student athlete has been
evaluated and received written clearance from a licensed health care
provider trained in evaluating sudden cardiac arrest. Provides that a
health care provider who, as a volunteer in good faith and gratuitously,
provides sudden cardiac arrest evaluations to student athletes has
immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions arising from the
evaluations, except for gross negligence or willful or wanton
misconduct.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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Chapter 8. Student Athletes: Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "association" means an organization that conducts, organizes, sanctions, or sponsors interscholastic athletic events as the organization's primary purpose.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "athletic activity" includes the following:
(1) An athletic contest or competition conducted between or among schools.
(2) An intramural athletic contest or competition that is sponsored by or associated with the school.
(3) Competitive and noncompetitive cheerleading that is sponsored by or associated with the school.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "school" refers to a public school
and nonpublic school.
Sec. 4. (a) Before July 1, 2014, the department shall disseminate
guidelines, information sheets, and forms to each nonpublic school
and each school corporation for distribution to schools to inform
and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of student
athletes of the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest to student
athletes.
(b) The department:
(1) may consult with an association, medical professionals,
and others with expertise in diagnosing and treating sudden
cardiac arrest; and
(2) may request the assistance of an association in
disseminating the guidelines, information sheets, and forms
required under subsection (a).
(c) The department may disseminate the materials required
under this section in an electronic format.
Sec. 5. Each year, before beginning practice for an athletic
activity, a student athlete and the student athlete's parent:
(1) must be given the information sheet and form described in
section 4 of this chapter; and
(2) shall sign and return the form acknowledging the receipt
of the information to the student athlete's coach.
The coach shall maintain a file of the completed forms.
Sec. 6. A student athlete who is suspected of experiencing a
symptom of sudden cardiac arrest, including fainting, difficulty
breathing, chest pains, dizziness, or an abnormal racing heart, in
a practice or game:
(1) shall be removed from play at the time that the symptom
is identified; and
(2) may not return to play until the student athlete has
received a written clearance under section 7(a) of this chapter.
Sec. 7. (a) A student athlete who has been removed from play
under section 6 of this chapter may not return to play until the
student athlete:
(1) is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in
the evaluation and management of sudden cardiac arrest; and
(2) receives a written clearance to return to play from the
health care provider who evaluated the student athlete.
(b) A licensed health care provider who evaluates a student
athlete under subsection (a) may conduct the evaluation as a
volunteer. A volunteer health care provider who in good faith and
gratuitously authorizes a student athlete to return to play is not
liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission in the
rendering of an evaluation, except for acts or omissions that
constitute gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
