GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL DRH30372-NH-156
Short Title: Allow PTs in School Concussion Protocol. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Chesser.
Referred to:
*DRH30372 -NH-156*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW PHYSICAL THERAPISTS TO EVALUATE STUDENT ATHLETE 2
HEAD INJURIES DURING ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES . 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-407.57(b)(2) reads as rewritten: 5
"(2) If a student participating in an interscholastic athletic activity exhibits signs 6
or symptoms consistent with a concussion, the student shall be removed from 7
the activity at that time and shall not be allowed to return to play or practice 8
that day. The student shall not return to play or practice on a subsequent day 9
until the student is evaluated by and receives written clearance for such 10
participation from one of the following: 11
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f. A physical therapist, licensed under Article 18E of Chapter 90 of the 13
General Statutes." 14
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 15
H.B. 928
Apr 10, 2025
HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK