Responsibilities of Coaches

(A) Coaches shall be responsible for: (1) Completing the annual training as required by 105 CMR 201.007; (2) Reviewing Pre-participation Forms, or school-based equivalents, so as to identify those athletes who are at greater risk for repeated head injuries; (3) Completing a Report of Head Injury Form, or school-based equivalent, upon identifica­ tion of a student with a head injury or suspected concussion that occurs during practice or competition; (4) Receiving, unless otherwise specified in school policies and procedures, and reviewing forms that are completed by a parent which report a head injury during the sports season, but outside of an extracurricular athletic activity, so as to identify those athletes who are at greater risk for repeated head injuries; (5) Transmitting promptly forms in 105 CMR 201.013(A)(2) and (3) to the school nurse for review and maintenance in the student's health record, unless otherwise specified in school policies and procedures; (6) Teaching techniques aimed at minimizing sports-related head injury; (7) Discouraging and prohibiting athletes from engaging in any unreasonably dangerous athletic technique that endangers the health or safety of an athlete, including using a helmet or any other sports equipment as a weapon; and (8) Identifying athletes with head injuries or suspected concussions that occur in practice or competition and removing them from play. (B) Coaches are responsible for communicating promptly with the parent of any student removed from practice or competition as directed in 105 CMR 201.010(C) and with the Athletic Director and school nurse as directed in 105 CMR 201.010(D).