Coach Safely Act

Coach Safely Act Information

The Act and the Rule articulate that any association that sponsors or conducts sports training or high-risk youth athletic activities for children aged fourteen (14) and younger shall require all coaches and athletics personnel to complete specific training. The association shall maintain a record of individual course completion for as long as that individual serves as athletic personnel or coach for the association. The courses are to be approved by the Arkansas Department of Health, on these subjects:

• Emergency Preparedness, planning, and rehearsal for traumatic injuries
• Concussions and head trauma
• Heat and extreme weather-related injury familiarization
• Physical conditioning and training equipment usage
• Heart defects and abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death

To be certified under the Coach Safely Act, an individual must complete one of the following:

• Complete one of the courses listed under the Approved Courses section under the sub-section entitled “Courses that Meet All Five Subject Requirements”

OR

• Complete one certification in each of the five categories under the Approved Courses list under the subsection titled “Courses that Meet Only One Subject Requirement

Approved Courses:

*Courses that Meet All Five Subject Requirements

Arkansas Department of Health Coach Safely Course

The Arkansas Department of Health Injury and Violence Prevention Branch has developed a course that covers all five subjects required by the Coach Safely Act at no cost.

• Coach Safely Course

Additional Courses

• Coach Safely Foundation: Covering all courses for Coach Safely requirements.
• USA Football: Covering all courses for Coach Safely requirements
• What Athletic Coaches Need to Know
  Offered by Terry DeWitt
  For inquiries please contact [email protected]
  Covering all courses for Coach Safely requirements
  *Cost associated with this course
• NAYS | National Alliance for Youth Sports: Covering all courses for Coach Safely requirements

To request review and approval of a course, contact the Arkansas Department of Health Substance Misuse and Injury Prevention Branch:

4815 W. Markham Street, Slot 10
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 1-501-671-1449
[email protected]

*Courses that Meet Only One Subject Requirement

Emergency Preparedness, Planning, and Rehearsal for Traumatic Injuries:

• The Collapsed Student: No cost
• First Aid, Health, and Safety: Cost associated with this course

Concussions and Head Trauma:

• Concussions in Sports: No cost
• HEADS UP to Youth Sports (Online Training): No cost
• Bell Ringer: A Concussion Awareness Course for Arkansas Coaches:
  • CID: HWB16027
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Click here for the course catalog.
• The Xs and Os of Sports-Related Concussion: Fact Versus Fiction:
  • CID: HWG16013
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Click here for the course catalog.

Heat and Extreme Weather-Related Injury Familiarization:

• Heat Illness Prevention: No cost
• Exertional Heat Illness Awareness Training:
  • CID: HWG14021
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Course catalog.
• 108 Degrees: Critical Response
  • CID: HWB14022
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Click here for the course catalog.
• The Latest in Heat Illness, Recognition, and Treatment:
  • CID: HWG16014
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Course catalog.

Physical Conditioning and Training Equipment Usage:

• Strength and conditioning: Cost associated with this course.

Heart Defects and Abnormalities Leading to Sudden Cardiac Death:

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest: No cost
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest: When Seconds Count
  • CID: HWB19050
    *Note: The courses listed on the Arkansas Ideas portal are available to licensed and non-licensed K-12 educators.
  • Course catalog.

Resources:

• Coach Safely Act
• Rules pertaining to Youth Mitigation and Information Courses for Athletics Personnel and Coaches
• Arkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Information
• Arkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Fact Sheet for Parents and StudentsArkansas Activities Association Sports Medicine Fact Sheet for Parents and Students

Contact Information

Substance Misuse & Injury Prevention
4815 West Markham Street, Slot 10
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-671-1449
Fax: 501-682-0427
[email protected]
[email protected]