IC 20-34-7-5: Health care provider's clearance necessary to return to play; volunteer health care provider immunity

Sec. 5. (a) A student athlete who has been removed from play under section 4 of this chapter may not return to play until:

(1) the student athlete:

(A) is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in the evaluation and management of concussions and head injuries; and

(B) receives a written clearance to return to play from the health care provider who evaluated the student athlete; and

(2) not less than twenty-four (24) hours have passed since the student athlete was removed from play.

(b) A licensed health care provider who evaluates a student athlete under subsection (a) may conduct the evaluation as a volunteer. A volunteer health care provider who in good faith and gratuitously authorizes a student athlete to return to play is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission in the rendering of an evaluation, except for acts or omissions that constitute gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.