Student-athletes in Alabama have to report information about their periods on physical evaluation forms in order to play a sport.
on the standard Alabama High School Athletic Association form. It is not marked as optional. Other questions cover a student’s medical and surgical history.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association physical evaluation form is required for all high school athletes whose schools are members of the association. Along with questions about medical conditions, the form includes questions about when a student had their first and last menstrual cycle and the longest time between periods.
The AHSAA has not signaled it will make any changes to the health evaluation form, which was last revised in 2018.asked the Florida High School Athletic Association to alter its physical evaluation formThe Alabama High School Athletic Association says the forms are digitized, uploaded to their database and archived for up to seven years.
“Only school personnel authorized by the school’s administrators have access to the files once uploaded into the student’s account,” Ingram said. “Typically, this is the principal and athletic director or school nurse or athletic trainer. No one outside those designated school individuals can access the files-including staff of the AHSAA.”
According to Dr. Rebekah Savage, an adolescent medicine specialist with UAB and Children’s of Alabama, knowing about an athlete’s period helps ensure that hormonal health is normal.
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