Youth athletics associations and recreational organizations that sponsor or conduct sports training, or high-risk youth athletic activities for children age 14 years and younger, shall require all unpaid or volunteer coaches and athletics personnel to complete a didactic, online, or residence course approved by the Department that addresses, at the very minimum:
(a) Emergency preparedness, planning, and rehearsal for traumatic injuries.
(b) Concussions and head trauma.
(c) Heat and extreme weather-related injury familiarization.
(d) Physical conditioning and training equipment usage.
(e) Heart defects and abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death.

The course requirement under this section shall be an annual requirement to be completed no later than the anniversary of the date on which the individual became actively engaged in serving as athletic personnel or coach for the association.
Any individual required to take an injury mitigating course pursuant to this rule shall complete the course within 30 days of becoming actively engaged in, or serving as, athletics personnel or coach for the association.

Author: Jamey Durham

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, Act 2018-496.

History: New Rule: Filed September 20, 2018; effective November 4, 2018. Amended: Published November 26, 2025; effective January 10, 2026.