Bill Text: NJ A4295 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Delays physical examination requirement for certain student-athletes who participate in school-sponsored athletic activities during fall athletic season of 2020-2021 school year.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-30 - Substituted by S2518 (2R) [A4295 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A4295-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Delays physical examination requirement for certain student-athletes who participate in school-sponsored athletic activities during fall athletic season of 2020-2021 school year.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee on July 9, 2020, with amendments.
An Act concerning physical examination requirements for certain student-athletes during the fall athletic season of the 2020-2021 school year.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, during the fall athletic season of the 2020-2021 school year, a student-athlete who has not completed a physical examination within 365 days prior to the first day of official practice in the athletic season, as required under section 2 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.7), shall be permitted to participate in a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad during that athletic season, provided that the student-athlete completes the physical examination before the end of the athletic season 1, and the parent or guardian of the student-athlete provides proof, before the first day of official practice of the athletic season, that the physical examination is scheduled1.
b. (1) A student-athlete who qualifies for participation on a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad during the fall athletic season of the 2020-2021 school year under the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall provide the health history update questionnaire required under subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2013, c.71 (C.18A:40-41.7) before the first day of official practice of the athletic season.
(2) If the student-athlete answers in the affirmative to any question included in the health history update questionnaire, then the student-athlete shall not participate on the school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad until he is further evaluated by the school physician, or if a school physician is not available, any other licensed physician.
c. As used in this section, "student-athlete" means a student enrolled in grades six to 12 who participates on a school-sponsored interscholastic or intramural athletic team or squad and includes transfer students.