This is from the 2012 AAU Girls' Basketball Handbook:
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The official rules for grades 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th are the 2011-2012 (sic) NCAA Women’s Basketball rules unless otherwise stated in this online handbook.
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For those who don't know, the NCAA doesn't have a concussion rule. The only requirement is an institution has a "concussion plan." However, the following is in Appendix VII of the rule book:
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An athlete who exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion, either at rest or during exertion, should be removed immediately from practice or competition and should not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health care professional.
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So we don't
have to remove them - since it doesn't say shall - but if we do the return process is basically the same as NFHS. Erring on the side of caution with an injury is never a bad thing so keeping the player on the sidelines if a doctor can't give the okay seems just fine.