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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 54-5 Removal from play.">
  <section prefix="§" num="54-5" heading="Removal from play.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Disqualifying medical condition defined.">For the purposes of this section, “disqualifying medical condition” means:<para num="(1)">a concussion;</para>
      <para num="(2)">heat exhaustion;</para>
      <para num="(3)">heat stroke; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">sudden cardiac arrest.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="In general.">A youth athlete who is suspected of sustaining or undergoing a disqualifying medical condition must be immediately removed from physical participation in any athletic activity by a coach or a member of the coach’s staff.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Return to physical participation.">A youth athlete who has been removed from an athletic activity may not return to physical participation until the youth athlete has been evaluated by a licensed or certified health-care provider and receives written clearance to return to physical participation from that provider.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.19-305</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
