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Launch the media gallery 1 playerMSHSAA Updates Physical Form & Preparticipation Documentation Annual Requirements
May 22, 2023
Upon the recommendation from the MSHSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, MSHSAA Legal Counsel and approval from the MSHSAA Board of Directors, the MSHSAA Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Forms/Process has been revised, effective immediately. Please review the information below carefully and thoroughly regarding the “new” MSHSAA Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Forms/Process all member schools must begin implementing.
In the link below you will find the “new” version of the MSHSAA Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Forms/Process, which now includes a Medical Eligibility Form (page 5). While the personal medical information of the student is still on the Physical Examination Form (page 3) which will still be used by a medical provider when completing a physical, the Medical Eligibility Form accounts for the student’s actual release to participate and still permits the physician to indicate how long the Medical Eligibility Form (physical) is valid, up to a maximum of 2 years. With the new process, efforts were made to organize these five pages into a Step-by-Step procedure that spells out to whom each page(s) of the PPE Forms are issued to, retained by or returned to. (Please note the “Steps” indicated at the top of each section of the forms).
Question 1: When should our school (Principals/Athletic Director/School Nurse/Athletic Trainer, etc.) start using/distributing the “new” MSHSAA Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Forms which includes the Medical Eligibility Form?
Answer 1: Immediately. From this point, when the Superintendent/Principal/
Question 2: What should our school (Superintendent, Principal/Athletic Director/School Nurse/Athletic Trainer, etc.) do for those students who currently have a physical examination form/medical history forms on file with the school and the forms are still valid?
Answer 2: Keep as you have always done. Since the school (Superintendent, Principal/Athletic Director/School Nurse/Athletic Trainer, etc.) already has these physical examination forms on file, keep the current forms on file since they are still valid for up a maximum of two years from the date the physical was received. Once these physical examination forms expire the school must make sure the “new” MSHSAA Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Forms/Process (five page document) is issued to the student/parent/guardian for the student and ONLY the last page (Medical Eligibility Form - page 5) is to be returned to the school as the student’s documentation for receiving a physical examination and release to participate.
(NEW) MSHSAA Pre-participation Documentation – Annual Requirements (All Sports & All Activities): As a reminder, these documents are those that are distributed to students in sports and activities at the start of each school year or prior to each season and includes: Interim Medical Update, Emergency Contact Information, Parent Permission Form/Verification of Healthcare Coverage, Student Agreement, Parent/Student Confirmation of Concussion Education Information and Parent/Student Confirmation of Injury/Risk Disclosure.
The significant changes to the documents include: Page 1 - Is now an Interim Medical Update and now includes the Emergency Contact Information, Page 2 - the significant change to this page is at the very bottom where we are now asking parents for an acknowledgment that the student has healthcare insurance coverage or a healthcare expense payment plan - MSHSAA no longer is asking for the Name of an Insurance Company or a Policy Number, Page 3 - still contains the Student Agreement and Concussion Education Confirmation but also now includes an Injury/Risk Disclosure Statement.
Annual Requirements Link: (NEW) MSHSAA PREPARTICIPATION DOCUMENTATION-ANNUAL REQUIRMENTS
