A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow physical therapists to evaluate student athlete head injuries during athletic activities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑407.57(b)(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	If a student participating in an interscholastic athletic activity exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with a concussion, the student shall be removed from the activity at that time and shall not be allowed to return to play or practice that day. The student shall not return to play or practice on a subsequent day until the student is evaluated by and receives written clearance for such participation from one of the following:
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f.	A physical therapist, licensed under Article 18E of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.