Applicable Adult definition
Examples of Applicable Adult in a sentence
Except under emergency circumstances, an Applicable Adult shall obtain written consent from a minor’s parent/legal guardian prior to driving alone with an unrelated minor Participant.
Regardless of gender, all other Applicable Adults shall not share a hotel room or other sleeping arrangement with a minor Participant unless the Applicable Adult is the parent, guardian or sibling of or is otherwise related to the minor Participant, or if the minor Participant’s parent(s) provides written consent to such an arrangement in advance.
Except in rare circumstances where there are no other reasonable travel options available, Applicable Adults other than coaches shall not travel alone with an unrelated minor Participant, and in all such circumstances the Applicable Adult shall obtain the written permission of the minor Participant’s parents in advance of such travel.
An unrelated minor Participant may ride in a vehicle with an Applicable Adult (other than a coach) who is not a parent/legal guardian ONLY if agreed to in writing by the minor Participant’s parent/legal guardian in advance of each local travel.
When an Applicable Adult with authority over minor Participants communicates electronically to the entire team, said Applicable Adult must copy another adult.
Absent emergency circumstances, if an Applicable Adult with authority over minor Participants needs to communicate directly with a minor Participant via electronic communications (including social media), the Minor’s parent must be copied.
If a minor Participant communicates to the Applicable Adult (with authority over the minor athlete) privately first, said Applicable Adult should respond to the minor Participant with a copy to another Applicable Adult or the minor’s legal guardian.
All electronic communication of any kind between coach/team staff (and any Applicable Adult) and a minor Participant, including use of social media, must be non-personal in nature and be for the purpose of communicating information about team activities or for team oriented motivational purposes.
When an Applicable Adult with authority over minor athletes communicates electronically to the entire team, said Applicable Adult must copy another adult.
I understand that individual training sessions between (i) adult members of USA Hockey or (ii) adults authorized by a USA Hockey program to have regular contact with or authority over minor Participants (“Applicable Adult”), even if occurring outside of the USA Hockey sanctioned program, are permitted only if the training session is observable and interruptible by another adult, or if the Applicable Adult has received, in advance of the training session, written permission of the minor’s legal guardian.