Head injury

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Looks like you are correct, if I am reading the reference I found correctly.....

https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bi...5orLaw0392.pdf

Looks like a trainer or other defined healthcare professional can declare it to not be a concussion and the player can return for both public and private.

Kind of an oddly written law....so a healthcare professional, as defined in the statute, can release an athlete but no sooner than the day after the event. However, a licensed trainer can release the athlete on the same day, regardless of consultation or opinion from a healthcare professional. Why not just include licensed athletic trainers in the definition of healthcare professional and allow them to release the athlete at any time?

Are trainers generally independent and free from undue influence from emotionally invested parties like coaches? If not, this is a fairly toothless law.