USA Hockey New Locker Room Policy - UPDATEDJun. 16, 2010
At the Annual Congress of USA Hockey a new locker room supervision policy was passed
A couple of notes on this policy... our youth players need to know that their hockey environment is safe. This policy ensures that a responsible adult is looking over their shoulders at all times. Of course, all locker room monitors should be gender correct and the co-ed locker room policy must be followed as described in the current USA Hockey Guide. Also, all monitors must be screened and otherwise meet all USA Hockey screening standards.
Here is the policy as passed
This is the correct wording for the Locker Room Supervision, it should read “at least one responsible adult”.
USA Hockey is concerned with locker room activities between minor players; minor players and adult players; adults being alone with individual minor players in locker rooms; and with nonofficial or non-related adults having unsupervised access to minor participants at sanctioned team events.
It is the policy of USA Hockey and USA Hockey InLine that all Affiliates, Districts, leagues, and local hockey programs have at least one responsible adult present directly monitoring the locker room during all team events to assure that only participants, (coaches and players), approved team personnel and family members are permitted in the locker room and to supervise the conduct in the locker room. Any individual meetings with a minor participant and a coach in a locker room shall require a responsible adult be with the coach.
Further, responsible adults must personally monitor the locker room environment at all times while participants are present and also make sure the locker room is appropriately secured during times when minor participants are on the ice.
Teams, leagues and local hockey associations shall also comply with the USA Hockey Coed locker room policy set out below.
(Notes: This would be inserted between sections D & E of the Policies section of the Annual Guide on page 35. Subsequent policies would be re-lettered.)
