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  • (1) "Agent" means a coach, teacher, employee, representative, or volunteer.
  • (2)
    • (a) "Amateur sports organization" means, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b):
      • (i) a sports team;
      • (ii) a public or private school;
      • (iii) a public or private sports league;
      • (iv) a public or private sports camp; or
      • (v) any other public or private organization that organizes, manages, or sponsors a sporting event for its members, enrollees, or attendees.
    • (b) "Amateur sports organization" does not include a professional:
      • (i) team;
      • (ii) league; or
      • (iii) sporting event.
  • (3) "Child" means an individual who is under the age of 18.
  • (4) "Qualified health care provider" means a health care provider who:
    • (a) is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions; and
    • (b) may evaluate and manage a concussion within the health care provider's scope of practice.
  • (5)
    • (a) "Sporting event" means any of the following athletic activities that is organized, managed, or sponsored by an organization:
      • (i) a game;
      • (ii) a practice;
      • (iii) a sports camp;
      • (iv) a physical education class;
      • (v) a competition; or
      • (vi) a tryout.
    • (b) "Sporting event" does not include:
      • (i) the issuance of a lift ticket or pass by a ski resort, the use of the ticket or pass, or a ski or snowboarding class or school at a ski resort, unless the skiing or snowboarding is part of a camp, team, or competition that is organized, managed, or sponsored by the ski resort;
      • (ii) as applied to a government entity, merely making available a field, facility, or other location owned, leased, or controlled by the government entity to an amateur sports organization or a child, regardless of whether the government entity charges a fee for the use; or
      • (iii) free play or recess taking place during school hours.
  • (6) "Traumatic head injury" means an injury to the head arising from blunt trauma, an acceleration force, or a deceleration force, with one of the following observed or self-reported conditions attributable to the injury:
    • (a) transient confusion, disorientation, or impaired consciousness;
    • (b) dysfunction of memory;
    • (c) loss of consciousness; or
    • (d) signs of other neurological or neuropsychological dysfunction, including:
      • (i) seizures;
      • (ii) irritability;
      • (iii) lethargy;
      • (iv) vomiting;
      • (v) headache;
      • (vi) dizziness; or
      • (vii) fatigue.




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