Safety and Baseball Ontario Codes of Conduct
1. Rowan's Law- Concussion Management Protocol
ROWAN'S LAW
Rowan’s Law concussion awareness rules came into effect in the Province of Ontario on July 1, 2019. After that date, sports organizations must not register athletes under 26 years of age into a sports activity unless they, as well as their parent (for athletes under 18), provide confirmation that they have reviewed one of the Concussion Awareness Resources (see below) within the previous twelve months.
As part of the registration process, all players, coaches or parents of players must acknowledge having reviewed the above concussion awareness information. Participants will be blocked from registering until they acknowledge. Please review the information prior to starting the registration process.
Links to the documents which must be reviewed are listed below:
Concussion Awareness Resource for players and parents- Mandatory Review each year
For Coaches:
Removal From Sport
Designated Person
2. Lightning Protocol
When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
If you can hear thunder, you can be hit by lightning. Take shelter immediately. All games shall be suspended immediately upon the instance of thunder and or lightning.Team Managers shall inform opposing managers and the umpire-in-chief of this policy prior to the start of play.
Any person at the game who believes that thunder and or lightning has occurred shall immediately bring this to the attention of a team manager. The team manager shall immediately inform the umpire-in-chief of this information. The umpire-in-chief or persons in charge at the field shall immediately stop the game and convene a meeting of the respective team managers, confirm the instance of thunder and or lightning, and suspend/cancel the game in accordance with this policy.
All persons affiliated with the game are requested to leave the field and seek protective cover for their own safety. Games so suspended shall remain suspended for a period of thirty (30) minutes. If the thirty-minute period expires without a re-occurrence of thunder and or lightning, the game shall resume.
The thirty-minute period shall be reset to a full thirty minutes upon the reoccurrence of another instance of thunder and or lightning. If thunder and or lightning continues, continuation or cancellation of the game shall be decided by the umpire-in-chief in accordance with the rules of Little League Baseball or the specific rules governed by inter-league and inter-city teams or by the division conveners. “If you can see it (lightning), flee it (take shelter). If you can hear it (thunder), clear it (suspend activities)”
For all regular season house-league games, any games stopped (after the official game time) under the OBA Thunder Policy, would be considered over; and, for other times, the OBA Thunder Policy is to be applied.
Any person at the game who believes that thunder and or lightning has occurred shall immediately bring this to the attention of a team manager. The team manager shall immediately inform the umpire-in-chief of this information. The umpire-in-chief or persons in charge at the field shall immediately stop the game and convene a meeting of the respective team managers, confirm the instance of thunder and or lightning, and suspend/cancel the game in accordance with this policy.
All persons affiliated with the game are requested to leave the field and seek protective cover for their own safety. Games so suspended shall remain suspended for a period of thirty (30) minutes. If the thirty-minute period expires without a re-occurrence of thunder and or lightning, the game shall resume.
3. Baseball Ontario Codes of Conduct
Coaches Code of Conduct
Parent Code of Conduct
Player Code of Conduct