UW Athletics Concussion Management

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Policy Number:

UW-611

Responsible Office:

Athletics

University Policy

Rationale/​Purpose:

UW–Madison submits a concussion management plan yearly to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). All student-athletes, coaches, physicians, and administrators are required to receive concussion education materials and sign an acknowledgment of responsibility for reporting symptoms of a concussion injury experienced by a student-athlete.

Scope:

UW Athletics

Policy:

1. The UW Athletic Department will maintain compliance with the NCAA’s policies on concussion safety and concussion safety protocols.
2. To maintain compliance, the UW Athletic Department will:
   1. Establish a Concussion Safety Protocol Committee,
   2. Annually submit its written concussion procedures and protocol to the Concussion Safety Protocol Committee for review, including a signed compliance statement from the athletics director;
   3. Annually review concussion procedures;
   4. Provide information to the committee, as the committee may request, concerning any incident in which a student-athlete may have suffered a concussion.

External References:

NCAA Concussion Safety Protocol

Policy Administration

Approval Authority:

Director of Athletics

Policy Manager:

Athletics Training Director

Contact:

Athletics Training Director -- MICHAEL MOLL, MKM@ATHLETICS.WISC.EDU, (608) 262-6134

Effective Date:

04-01-2019

Date Issued:

04-01-2019

Revised Dates:

06-15-2022, 10-11-2023

Reviewed Dates:

4/25/2019

Retrieved:

01-13-2025 12:28:13