1. (a) Each youth athletics association and recreational organization shall develop a Coach Safety training program that encapsulates the minimum training requirements identified above and develop a tracking tool to ensure every coach and athletics personnel completes the course within 30 days of becoming actively engaged in, or serving as, a coach or athletics personnel. Implementation of said program should take internet connectivity, or lack thereof, into consideration.

2. (b) Each youth athletics association and recreational
   organization governing body shall maintain a record of individual course completion for as long as an individual serves as a coach or athletics personnel. The annual requirement shall be completed no later than the anniversary of the date on which the individual became actively engaged in serving as a coach or athletics personnel.

   (c)Each youth athletics association and recreational organization shall register its existence and report coach and athletics personnel course completion information within 30 days of the effective date of these rules. Registration and reporting shall be conducted through the Department’s website at www.alabamapublichealth.gov under Youth Athletic Training Resources.

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.