Minnesota Govenor Dayton signed a new bill into law on June 8, 2011 that requires any municipality, business, school district or nonprofit organization that organizes a youth athletic activity and charges a fee to follow the statutes requirements, including implementing concussion training and education to improve player safety and establish safe return-to-play for athletes who sustain a concussion.  Minnesota now joins 20 states with similar laws taking effect. 

The law mandates the following: 

• The law takes effect September 1, 2011. 
• This applies to all players under the age of 18 and applies to ALL youth sports organizations both PUBLIC and PRIVATE. 
• All coaches and officials receive concussion training and education at three year intervals.
• Coaches must remove an athlete from activity if they exhibit signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion and/or suspected of sustaining a concussion. 
• The law requires a doctor's signature to return to play if an athlete is removed due to concussion or is showing signs or symptoms of a concussion.  
• The law also requires that parents have access to risks and symptoms of concussions.

More information can also be found on the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) website. 

https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html