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April 4, 2012 — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill on Monday designed to protect high school athletes from concussions. Sports officials are among those impacted by the legislation. The measure aligns with NFHS concussion rules already in place. Wisconsin is reported to be the 32nd state to pass such legislation.

GeneralWed, 04 Apr 2012 13:52:10 GMT<p> <strong>April 4, 2012 &mdash;</strong> Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill on Monday designed to protect high school athletes from concussions. Sports officials are among those impacted by the legislation. The measure aligns with NFHS concussion rules already in place. Wisconsin is reported to be the 32nd state to pass such legislation.</p> <p> The legislation states: &ldquo;An athletic coach, or official involved in a youth athletic activity, or health-care provider shall remove a person from the youth athletic activity if the coach, official or health-care provider determines that the person exhibits signs, symptoms or behavior consistent with a concussion or head injury or the coach, official or health-care provider suspects the person has sustained a concussion or head injury.&rdquo;</p> <p> An important portion of the law that protects officials and coaches states they are immune from civil liability for any injury resulting from not removing a child from the activity, unless not doing so constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.</p>