Chapter 24: Facility Policies, Procedures, and Legal Issues

Question 1

Policies

Answer 1

• A facility’s rules and regulations

- Reflects the goals and objectives of the program

Question 2

Procedures

Answer 2

How policies are met or carried out

Question 3

Litigation

Answer 3

The process of taking legal action

Question 4

Mission Statement

Answer 4

An organization’s statement of purpose

Question 5

Criteria for a mission statement

Answer 5

• Short and sharply focused
• Be clear and easy to understand
• Defines why the organization exists
• Does NOT prescribe means
• Broad in scope
• Provides direction for upholding a code of ethics
• Addresses and matches the organization’s scope of practice
• Inspires commitment

Question 6

Components a mission statement addresses

Answer 6

• Target clientele (key market)
• What service is being provided (contribution)
• What makes the service unique (distinction)

Question 7

Program Goals

Answer 7

The desired end products of a strength and conditioning program, stated in a broad, general manner

Question 8

Program Objectives

Answer 8

Specific means of attaining program goals

Question 9

Director of Strength and Conditioning

Answer 9

• Head strength and conditioning coach
• Responsible for the overall strength and conditioning program, facility, equipment, staff, and administrative tasks
• Responsible for developing, presenting, and enforcing the written policies and procedures of the staff and participants in the program
• Ensures staff are properly trained and prepared

Question 10

Risk Management

Answer 10

The employment of strategies to decrease and control the risk of injury from athletic participation and therefore the risk of liability exposure

Question 11

Informed Consent

Answer 11

• The process by which a procedure or activity is described to a participant
• An explanation of the inherent risks and benefits are provided, allowing the individual to determine if he or she desires to participate

Question 12

Liability

Answer 12

A legal responsibility, duty, or obligation

Question 13

Standard of Care

Answer 13

What a reasonable and prudent person would do under similar circumstances

Question 14

Negligence

Answer 14

• Failure to act as a reasonable and prudent person would under similar circumstances

Question 15

Elements that must exist in order for a professional to be found negligent

Answer 15

• Duty
• Breach of duty
• Proximate cause
• Damages

Question 16

Process by which negligence may occur

Answer 16

• Professional must be found to have had a duty to act and have failed to act (a breach) with the appropriate standard of care
• Failure to act results in damages (physical or economic injury)
• Damage has to occur due to the natural and continuous sequence of reasonably foreseeable events (proximate cause)

Question 17

Assumption of Risk

Answer 17

Knowing that an inherent risk exists with participation in an activity and voluntarily deciding to participate anyway

Question 18

Scope of Practice

Answer 18

Proper legal parameters and professional duties

Question 19

Statute of Limitations

Answer 19

The time during which individuals can file a lawsuit

Question 20

Product Liability

Answer 20

Refers to the legal responsibilities of those who manufacture or sell products if a person sustains injury or damage as a result of using the product

Question 21

Discipline for First Offense

Answer 21

• A verbal warning by a staff member
• Explanation of the nature and importance of the rule or guideline that was broken
• Reminder of disciplinary action for second offense

Question 22

Discipline for Second Offense

Answer 22

• Dismissal from the facility for one day
• Documentation of the offense
• Correspondence with the athlete’s sport coach
• Reminder of the disciplinary action for third offense

Question 23

Discipline for Third Offense

Answer 23

• Dismissal from the facility for one week
• Documentation of the offense
• Correspondence with the athlete’s sport coach
• Reminder of the disciplinary action for fourth offense

Question 24

Discipline for Fourth Offense

Answer 24

• Dismissal from the facility for the reminder of the year
• Documentation of the offense
• Correspondence with the athlete’s sport coach and the athletic director
• Reminder of the disciplinary action for fifth offense

Question 25

Discipline for Fifth Offense

Answer 25

• Permanent dismissal from the facility
• Documentation of the offense
• Correspondence with the athlete’s sport coach and the athletic director