SOMERDALE PARK SCHOOL ATHLETICS
NJ STATE MANDATED & HEALTH OFFICE REQUIREMENTS
IF YOUR CHILD WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE SOMERDALE PARK SCHOOL ATHLETIC TEAMS OR THE INTERDISTRICT ATHLETICS OFFERED TO SOMERDALE PARK SCHOOL STUDENTS - THEY MUST MEET THE ATHLETIC PHYSICAL & HEALTH-RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL
Athletic Pre-Participation Policies & Physical Forms
Parents/Guardians & Athletes,
Please read the “Athletic Participation Policy Parent Letter” below which outlines the requirements necessary to be approved to participate on a school athletic team, squad, or intramural sport. Please pay close attention to Physical due dates as they are strictly adhered to in order to have sufficient time to process physicals prior to 1st date of practices/tryouts.
Athletic Participation Policy Parent Letter (link) ATHLETIC-PARTICIPATION-POLICY-PARENT-LETTER (10) (1).pdf
In addition per NJ State Statute, you must also read the (3) policies below & sign off on the attached “Policies for Athletic Participation Parent/Guardian Acknowledgment Form” in order for your athlete’s physical to be fully approved for participation on a team for practice, tryouts & games.
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes (link) Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes-Pamphlet.pdf
NJSIAA Concussion Policy (link) NJSIAA Concussion Policy.pdf
Opioid Use-Misuse Education Fact Sheet- Keeping Athletes Safe (link) OPIOID-USE-MISUSE-EDUCATION-FACT-SHEET-KEEPING-ATHLETES-SAFE.pdf
Sports Related Eye Injury (link) SportsRelatedEyeInjury.pdf
Policies for Athletic Participation Parent/Guardian Acknowledgment Form (link) POLICIES-FOR-ATHLETIC-PARTICIPATION-PARENT-GUARDIAN-ACKNOWLEDGMENT-FORM-REV2-2-18.pdf
**After reviewing the documents please either print this form, complete and turn it in to the school nurse along with other physical documents or if you have a pdf program that allows you to complete online, you can complete & then email or fax the completed form
ATHLETIC PHYSICALS FORMS: ALL Athletic Physicals must be completed on the "NJ State Athletic Pre-Participation Physical Form" NO OTHER FORMS ARE ACCEPTABLE ---Parents complete Page 1 prior to physical appointment & keep it stapled to the other 3 pages, as your child's HCP must review page 1 as part of the athletic physical. Your child's HCP must complete page 2 (if applicable) & pages 3&4 {be sure that HCP has signed & dated page 3 & page 4 & has applied their HCP Office Provider stamp}
- NJ STATE ATHLETIC PRE-PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL FORM (link) athleticphysicalsform.pdf
- NJ STATE DOE HEALTH HISTORY UPDATE FORM (link) NJ DOE ATHLETIC HEALTH HISTORY UPDATE QUESTIONNAIRE_201601060918.pdf
(Complete & submit this form if the previously submitted Athletic Physical on File is >90 days old)
- PLEASE COMPLETE THE REQUIRED FORMS & SUBMIT THEM TO THE SCHOOL NURSE NO LATER THAN THE DEADLINE INDICATED FOR THE SPECIFIC SPORT OF INTEREST
- IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL NURSE ASAP TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING ISSUES PRIOR TO THE DEADLINES