Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
A physician
holding a current license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
medicine and surgery issued under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code meets the
minimum education requirements to assess and clear athletes for return to
practice or competition under section
3313.539 or
3707.511 of the Revised
Code.
(1)
A
physician shall diagnose and treat concussions and determine the return-to-play
protocol for athletes under section
3313.539 or
3707.511 of the Revised Code in
accordance with the "Consensus statement on concussion in sport issued by the
5th international conference on concussion in sport" held in Berlin, October
2016." (Available from the website of the state medical board of Ohio at:
med.ohio.gov.)
(2)
A physician shall use the model form developed by the
Ohio youth sports concussion and head injury return-to-play guidelines
committee to document written clearance for the return to practice or
competition. The model form may be found on the state medical board of Ohio's
website at med.ohio.gov.
(B)
A physician
assistant holding a current license issued under Chapter 4730. of the Revised
Code may assess and clear a youth to return to practice or competition under
section 3313.539 or
3707.511 of the Revised Code if
all of the following requirements are met:
(1)
The physician
assistant is authorized to provide assessment and clearance services by a
supervising physician whose normal course of practice includes the assessment
and clearance of youth to return to practic or competition under section
3313.539 or
3707.511 of the Revised Code and
under whose supervision the physician assistant will provide the
services:
(2)
The physician assistant has completed education and
training in the detection of concussion, its clinical features, assessment
techniques, and the principles of safe return to play protocols consistent with
the consensus statement referenced in paragraph (A)(1) of this
rule.
(3)
The physician assistant has maintained competency
through completion of continuing education in the detection of concussion, its
clinical features, assessment techniques, and the principles of safe return to
play protocols consistent with the consensus statement referenced in paragraph
(A)(1) of this rule; and
(4)
The physician assistant uses the medical clearance
return to play form referenced in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule.
Replaces: 4731-31-01
