GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 928
Short Title: Allow PTs in School Concussion Protocol. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Chesser, Pyrtle, Cairns, and Cunningham (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
April 14, 2025
*H928 -v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW PHYS ICAL THERAPISTS TO EVALUATE STUDENT ATHL ETE 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