ARTICLE 6.5. Performance-Enhancing Substances [49030. - 49034.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 6.5.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49030. Section 49030.

(a) Sixty days after the posting of the United States Anti-Doping Agency Guide to Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods of Doping on the Internet Web site of the department pursuant to subdivision (b), dietary supplements, as defined by subsection (ff) of Section 321 of Title 21 of the United States Code, that include any of the following substances, are prohibited from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic high school sports: (1) Synephrine. (2) A prohibited substance enumerated by the United States Anti-Doping Agency Guide to Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods of Doping. (b) The State Department of Health Services shall provide the State Department of Education with the United States Anti-Doping Agency Guide to Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods of Doping, on or before March 30, 2006. Upon receipt of the guide, the State Department of Education shall notify each school district that serves pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that the guide has been completed and shall post the guide on its Internet Web site. The State Department of Health Services shall annually notify the State Department of Education of any amendments to the guide for the following school year. For an amendment to be applicable for the ensuing school year, the State Department of Health Services shall notify the State Department of Education as to that amendment no later than the March 30 immediately preceding the school year to which the amendment is to be applicable. Upon receipt of this notice, the State Department of Education shall notify each school district that serves pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that the guide has been amended and shall post the amended guide on its Internet Web site. The amendment becomes effective 60 days after the department posts the amended guide on its Internet Web site.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49031. Section 49031.

(a) A school may not accept a sponsorship from a manufacturer of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) of Section 49030, or from the distributor of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) of Section 49030 whose name appears on the labeling of the dietary supplement. (b) A dietary supplement prohibited by Section 49030 may not be marketed on a schoolsite or at a school-related event. (c) A dietary supplement prohibited by Section 49030 may not be sold or distributed on a schoolsite or at a school-related event. (d) (1) For purposes of subdivision (b), “market” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (A) Direct product advertising. (B) Provision of educational materials. (C) Product promotion by a school district employee or school district volunteer. (D) Product placement. (E) Clothing or equipment giveaways. (F) Scholarships. (2) For purposes of subdivision (b), “market” does not include the inadvertent display of a product name or product advertising by a person who is not a manufacturer or distributor of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) of Section 49030. (e) Subdivision (a) does not apply to either of the following: (1) An affiliate of a manufacturer or distributor of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) of Section 49030 if the affiliate does not manufacture or distribute a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a). (2) A manufacturer or distributor of a dietary supplement described in subdivision (a) if no more than 50 percent of its annual gross sales are derived from the manufacture or distribution of dietary supplements as defined in subsection (ff) of Section 321 of Title 21 of the United States Code.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49032. Section 49032.

(a) (1) Effective December 31, 2008, each high school sports coach shall have completed a coaching education program developed by his or her school district or the California Interscholastic Federation that meets the guidelines set forth in Section 35179.1. (2) The coaching education program described by paragraph (1) may be taught by an athletic director or high school sports coach who is deemed to be qualified by the California Interscholastic Federation. (b) Upon completion of the program, a high school sports coach shall be deemed to have completed the education requirement for the remainder of his or her time coaching at the high school level in any school district in the state. (c) Each high school sports coach shall be responsible for the costs of taking the course. (d) The training requirements of this section shall count toward the continuing education required for the renewal of the teaching credential of a coach who is also a certificated employee. (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a high school sports coach who does not meet the requirements of subdivision (a) may be used for no longer than one season of interscholastic competition. (f) For the purposes of this section, “high school sports coach” means an employee or a volunteer who is authorized by a high school to be responsible for leading a school sports team of pupil athletes.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49033. Section 49033.

The California Interscholastic Federation shall amend its constitution and bylaws to require, as a condition of participation in interscholastic sports, that school districts effective July 1, 2006, upon the notification provided pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 49030, shall prohibit a pupil from participating in interscholastic high school sports, unless that pupil signs a pledge not to use anabolic steroids, as defined in Section 802 of Title 21 of the United States Code, without a prescription from a licensed health care practitioner or a dietary supplement prohibited by Section 49030 and the parent and guardian of that pupil signs a notification form regarding those restrictions.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 49034. Section 49034.

(a) The State Treasurer may accept voluntary contributions for the purpose of offsetting costs of training coaches pursuant to Sections 35179.2 and 35179.3. Contributions received by the State Treasurer shall be deposited in the California Coaching Education Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) Funds deposited in the California Coaching Education Fund are available upon appropriation by the Legislature and may only be expended for purposes of Sections 35179.2 and 35179.3, and for administration of the California Coaching Education Fund.

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