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Originally Posted by Rich1
The interp is from this current years casebook under 2.8.5 and basically says that if a player who was removed by an official for symptoms of concussion later reports to the scorers table to reenter that we should allow him in. It is the coach's/team's responsibility to obtain medical clearance and we shall assume they have done so without the need to verify it. Of course, all of this is moot if your state has stricter rules.
The rules (2-8-5 & 3-3-8) say we have the authority to remove the player until cleared but say nothing about how the player should be cleared. No authority to refuse the player entry is mentioned. Appendix B does go into great detail about concussion orocedures but these are guidelines, not rules, and seem to me to be directed more at coaches/schools than us.
By the way, in Texas, the UIL mandates that schools follow guidelines that are identical to these.
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In the game where I had a player removed, there was no trainer on site. So I informed game management of my ruling, and had the coach tried to re-insert his player into the game, I would have had the book annotated that the HC was responsible for medical clearance.