{"content":[{"text":"Prior to attending practices or games, athletes and coaches should check their \n temperature. If a student-athlete or a coaching staff member has a temperature of \n 100.4 degrees or above, they should not attend practices or games. Likewise if they \n have any other symptoms of COVID-19 infection \n (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html), they \n should not attend practices or games. Student-athletes and coaches who have \n symptoms of COVID19 infection should test and isolate in accordance with DPH \n guidance.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.048538,"width":0.72236,"height":0.146901}},{"text":"For students with symptoms who test negative for COVID-19 infection, they may return \n to sport once they are approved to return to school (when afebrile for 24 hours and \n symptomatically improved).","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.215381,"width":0.711193,"height":0.054300000000000015}},{"text":"Student-athletes and coaches who are diagnosed with COVID-19 infection should rest \n and avoid exercise for ten days from symptom onset. Procedures for return to \n activity/play should follow CDC, DPH, and local board of health guidelines (CDC link \n above). In addition, persons with COVID-19 infection need to receive written clearance \n from their health care provider and school administrator/designee to return to sport. \n Return to activity should be slow and graded.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.289624,"width":0.7095029999999999,"height":0.103126}},{"text":"The links below are examples of Graduated Return to Play protocols. These examples \n are not required protocols mandated by the MIAA, rather resources for information. \n British Journal of Sports Medicine Infographic \n MA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.409813,"width":0.70717,"height":0.07505800000000001}},{"text":"Student-athletes, coaches, spectators, and any others associated with the athletic \n program who were exposed to COVID-19 must quarantine, including no participation in \n practices or games following exposure, and should follow all CDC, DPH, and local board \n of health protocols. Athletes and coaches should receive written clearance from their \n school administrator/designee to return to sport.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.502086,"width":0.7193609999999999,"height":0.08583999999999992}},{"text":"Should a player be quarantined because of a COVID-19 designation, he/she must \n participate in a minimum of one practice before returning to interscholastic \n competition. Should a player being quarantined because of a positive diagnosis of \n COVID-19 the ATC/Athletic Director should consider a more extensive return-to-play \n protocol for the individual player(s). It is necessary for all athletes to complete all other \n state guidelines.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.606505,"width":0.712698,"height":0.10990599999999995}},{"text":"COVID-19 Testing: \n Recent developments in COVID-19 testing have become more prevalent within the \n Commonwealth. For Higher Risk sports, the use of COVID-19 testing may help to \n support the continued participation throughout the entire season of play.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.736353,"width":0.678026,"height":0.07282299999999986}},{"text":"Cohorts and/or Participants: \n A record should be kept of all individuals present at team activities i.e. – practices, \n practice cohorts, competitions, etc.","bbox":{"left":0.138275,"top":0.828967,"width":0.6808,"height":0.05429499999999998}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}