On March 7, 2018, the Legislature of the Province of Ontario
enacted Canada's first concussion safety legislation known as
Rowan's Law (Concussion Safety), 2018 (the Act). The
Act and its proposed regulations (the Regulations) impose a number
of requirements on sport organizations in the province regarding
concussion prevention, detection, management and awareness. These
requirements include the creation, promulgation and implementation
of: (1) concussion awareness resources; (2) Codes of Conduct; and
(3) Removal-from-Sport Protocols.
Application
The Act will apply to all "sport organizations" in
Ontario, which are defined to include any person or entity that
carries out an "activity" (to be prescribed under the
Regulations) in connection with an amateur competitive sport.
Although the Regulations under the Act have not yet been made
public, the provincial government has proposed that post-secondary
institutions be included in the definition of sport
