I. ODOH CONCUSSION INFORMATION SHEET
The Ohio Department of Health Concussion Information Sheet for Youth Organization (hereinafter the “Information Sheet”) shall be distributed to parents via this link and a link within the NWCCSAY Online Registration module.

II. ONLINE CONCUSSION TRAINING
All coaches (including assistant coaches) and referees must take the concussion training online via the National Federation of High School (NFHS) coaches’ website and email a copy of the completion certificate to NWCCSAY. No coach or assistant coach may participate in games or practice until the online training has been completed. A team’s uniforms will not provided to the head coach until NWCCSAY has received the completion certificates for the head coach and all assistant coaches.

III. REMOVAL FROM PLAY
Ohio’s Return to Play law features three key rules that its leagues, coaches, referees, officials, and athletes and their families must abide by:
Rule One: Coaches, referees, or officials shall remove from play a player exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a concussion during practice or a game.
Rule Two: The player cannot return to play on the same day that he or she is removed after exhibiting symptoms of a concussion.
Rule Three: The player is not permitted to return to play until he or she has been assessed by a physician or licensed health care provider and received written clearance.

IV. NOTICE TO NWCCSAY THAT A PLAYER WAS REMOVED
A. If a player is removed for exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a concussion during practice, the head coach shall report the removal via email to NWCCSAY.
B. If a player is removed for exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a concussion during a game, the referees shall note the player’s name and jersey number on the score card and indicate the reason the player was removed.

IV. RETURN TO PLAY
If a player was removed for exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a concussion during a practice or game, a coach shall not allow the player to practice or play in a game until NWCCSAY informs the head coach that the player is cleared to play. NWCCSAY’s will not clear a player until the parent or guardian of the athlete (or player if at least 18 years old) provides NWCCSAY with written clearance from a physician or licensed health care provider.