Section 32221 Of Article 3. Insurance For Athletic Teams From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 19. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. The governing board of any educational institution, except a
school district or community college district and except the State
Department of Education special schools as defined in Sections 59000,
59100, and 59200, shall provide for each member of an athletic team
insurance protection for medical and hospital expenses resulting from
accidental bodily injuries in an amount of at least five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for all services for each member of an athletic
team, through group, blanket, or individual policies of accident
insurance from authorized insurers, or through a benefit and relief
association described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section
10493 of the Insurance Code. The coverage shall be for the injury to
members of athletic teams arising while the members are engaged in or
are preparing for an athletic event promoted under the sponsorship
or arrangements of the educational institution or a student body
organization thereof or while the members are being transported by or
under the sponsorship or arrangements of the educational institution
or a student body organization thereof to or from school or other
place of instruction and the place of the athletic event. However,
the Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of
the University of California may authorize and require the student
body organizations designated pursuant to this section, to be
responsible for such medical and hospital expenses in any amount the
trustees or the regents may specify, up to two hundred fifty dollars
($250), in which event the insurance protection for the health and
accident expenses may include a deductible clause in the same amount.
The governing board of each school district or community college
district and the State Department of Education special schools as
defined in Sections 59000, 59100, and 59200 shall provide for each
member of an athletic team insurance protection for medical and
hospital expenses resulting from accidental bodily injuries in one of
the following amounts:
(a) A group or individual medical plan with accidental benefits
of at least two hundred dollars ($200) for each occurrence and major
medical coverage of at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with no
more than one hundred dollars ($100) deductible and no less than 80
percent payable for each occurrence.
(b) Group or individual medical plans which are certified by the
Insurance Commissioner to be equivalent to the required coverage of
at least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(c) At least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for all
medical and hospital expenses.