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(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(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.