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Sport Clearance

MEDICAL OFFICE SPORTS CLEARANCE PROCESS

 

 
All students who intend to participate in interscholastic sports all students must complete the following:
 
  • Complete and sign the Health Questionnaire in the Port Washington Athletics Online Registration portal. The Health Questionnaire can only be filled out within 30 days of the start of the sport.
 
  • Have a current physical exam on file dated within one year of the start of the sport.  Please make sure your child’s pediatrician checks the box “Family Cardiac History Reviewed” on the physical exam, page 2. This is in reference to the Dominic Murray Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevent Act and is required for your child to be cleared. 
    • ONLY THE REQUIRED NYS PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FORM WILL BE ACCEPTED.   (found on our website and the link is above).  If the form was not already submitted or is expired, valid forms must be uploaded in the Port Washington Athletics Online Registration.
 
  • If student has Asthma or Food/Bee Allergy or requires use of inhaler or epi-pen: Parent and Pediatrician must fill out an “Authorization for Administration of Medication in School” form (found on our website and the link is above). Parts A, B and C must be filled out or a doctor's note stating that they do not require an inhaler or epi-pen.
    • You will not be cleared without this form. (found on our website and the link is above).  This form is only valid for one year. If the form was not already submitted or is expired, valid forms must be uploaded in the Port Washington Athletics Online Registration.

 

Please do not register on the day of tryouts! You will not be cleared in time. 

 

Click on the link for more information regarding Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in Youths: NYSDOH Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth. 

 

For your convenience, the NYS Physical Examination Form and Authorization for Administration of Medication in School form  can be downloaded from the portnet.org website under Parents, then Medical forms. Documents such as medication forms or injury notes can be submitted by email  to: [email protected] or faxed to 516-767-5553.  If you have any questions, please call the Weber Medical Office at 516-767-5550.  

***Any documents sent by email MUST be scanned and sent as a PDF.  We cannot accept a photo.

POST COVID CLEARANCE FOR SPORTS
 

If your child has been diagnosed with Covid, please reach out to the Medical Office before your child returns to School/Sports to discuss the severity of symptoms. Depending on severity of illness, your child may or may not need clearance to return to play from a physician.

 

If your child was asymptomatic or had mild symptoms of Covid-19 (less than 4 days of fever greater than 100.4°F; less than 1 week of muscle aches and pain, chills, feeling sleepy, fatigued and/or sluggish), a clearance letter is not mandatory. Your child may return to sports after completing the 5-day isolation period. 

 

If your child had moderate/severe symptoms of COVID-19 (greater than 4 days of fever higher than 100.4°F, greater than 1 week of muscle aches and pain, chills, feeling sleepy, fatigued and/or sluggish, or a non-ICU hospital stay and no evidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children [MIS-C]), your child must have clearance from a physician after 10 days from symptom start date before returning to Sports. Please have the Post Covid Return to Play Clearance filled out and signed by a physician.

 

Post Covid Return to Play Clearance Form