ROWANS LAW
In accordance with Rowan’s Law, all participants under the age of 26 are required to review the appropriate Concussion Awareness Resources and complete the acknowledgment form before taking part in any on-ice activities. Please read the materials carefully and submit the completed forms as part of your registration.
Concussion Code of Conduct for Athletes and Parents/Guardians
(For athletes under 18 year of age)
I will help prevent concussions by:
• Wearing the proper equipment for my sport and wearing it correctly.
• Developing my skills and strength so that I can participate to the best of my ability.
• Respecting the rules of my sport or activity.
• My commitment to fair play and respect for all* (respecting other athletes, coaches, team
trainers and officials).
I will care for my health and safety by taking concussions seriously, and I understand that:
• A concussion is a brain injury that can have both short- and long-term effects.
• A blow to my head, face or neck, or a blow to the body that causes the brain to move around
inside the skull may cause a concussion.
• I don’t need to lose consciousness to have had a concussion.
• I have a commitment to concussion recognition and reporting, including self-reporting of
possible concussion and reporting to a designated person when and individual suspects that
another individual may have sustained a concussion. * (Meaning: If I think I might have a
concussion I should stop participating in further training, practice, or competition immediately,
or tell an adult if I think another athlete has a concussion).
• Continuing to participate in further training, practice or competition with a possible
concussion increases my risk of more severe, longer lasting symptoms, and increases my risk of
other injuries.
I will not hide concussion symptoms. I will speak up for myself and others.
• I will not hide my symptoms. I will tell a coach, official, team trainer, parent, or another adult I
trust if I experience any symptoms of concussion.
• If someone else tells me about concussion symptoms, or I see signs they might have a
concussion, I will tell a coach, official, team trainer, parent, or another adult I trust so they can
help.
• I understand that if I have a suspected concussion, I will be removed from sport and that I will
not be able to return to training, practice, or competition until I undergo a medical assessment
by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner and have been medically cleared to return to training,
practice or competition.
• I have a commitment to sharing any pertinent information regarding incidents of removal
from sport with the athlete’s school and any other sport organization with which the athlete has
registered* (Meaning: If I am diagnosed with a concussion, I understand that letting all of my
other coaches and teachers know about my injury will help them support me while I recover.)
I will take the time I need to recover because it is important for my health.
• I understand my commitment to supporting the return-to-sport process* (I will have to follow
my sport organization’s Return-to-Sport Protocol).
• I understand I will have to be medically cleared by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner
before returning to training, practice, or competition.
• I will respect my coaches, team trainers, parents, health-care professionals, and medical
doctors and nurse practitioners, regarding my health and safety.
Receipt of Review of Concussion Awareness Resource
Thank you for completing your review of the Concussion Awareness Resource.
• Under Rowan’s Law, AACC asks that you confirm that you have reviewed one of the
Concussion Awareness Resources before you can participate at our club. The resources
will be provided to you by the club electronically or hardcopy (by request). All resources
are also available at Ontario.ca/concussions or by checking the curling club’s
website under registration.
• You must review one of the resources once a year, and then confirm that you have
completed the review every time you register with a sport organization. If you want to
use this form to show that you have reviewed the concussion awareness resource, you
can provide the completed form to the board of directors’ registration committee.
• If you would like to have a record of your review of the concussion awareness resource,
you can complete this form and keep it as a receipt to remind you of the date on which
you reviewed it.
Disclaimer: Your completion of this form will not constitute confirmation that you have reviewed the
concussion awareness resources for the purpose of Rowan’s Law (Concussion Safety), 2018. If you
want to use this form to show that you have reviewed the concussion awareness resources, you must
provide the completed form to your sport organization(s). This form will not be saved by the Government
of Ontario and the Government of Ontario assumes no responsibility for confirming that you have
reviewed the concussion awareness resource.