Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia [1] have enacted strong youth sports concussion safety laws since May 2009, all modeled on Washington State's groundbreaking Zackery Lystedt Law [2]:
One state (Wyoming [60]) has enacted a weak sports concussion safety law that does not the requirement of the model Zackery Lystedt law [2] in that parents and guardians are not required them to sign a concussion information form as a condition of participation.
For statistics about concussions in high school sports, click here [63].
For myths about concussions, click here [64].
* The Illinois law differs slightly from the model Lystedt Law in its approach: the law directs the Illinois High School Association to set guidelines on concussion management which parallel the three key provisions of the Lystedt Law. As a result, some websites, including MomsTEAM, count Illinois; some others don't. The fact that the IHSA does not mandate guidelines is the subject of a class action lawsuit filed against the IHSA.
** The new Georgia goes one step further than most state laws by extending the Lystedt requirements to private schools, charter schools, and youth sports outside of school. The same is true of the new Tennessee [50] and Montana [32] laws.
*** Some websites [65] count Wyoming and Arkansas in their totals, bringing the total to all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Sources: Numerous, including the Law Atlas [66] (an absolutely outstanding, searchable data base containing all the state laws); National Coalition on Youth Sport Concussion, Safe Kids USA, NFL Health and Safety [67] and the National Athletic Trainers' Association and the Network for Public Law [68] (citations to, and excellent summary, of each individual state law), and Education Week [69]; and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (which has an excellent pdf [70] tracking legislative developments).
Most recently updated April 3, 2015
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