NAC386.722. Football: Noncontact practice.

     1. Each school that participates in football as a sanctioned sport shall designate the first 3 days of practice for each season in which the school participates in football as a period of noncontact practice. A pupil may use the following equipment during any period of noncontact practice:

     (a) Footballs;

     (b) Helmets;

     (c) Mouth guards;

     (d) Football shoes;

     (e) Shorts; and

     (f) Sweat suits.

     2. A pupil who participates in a period of noncontact practice pursuant to subsection 1 shall not:

     (a) Use any equipment that is not specified in subsection 1, including, without limitation, pads, blocking dummies, sleds or similar equipment, unless the coach for the pupil authorizes the pupil to use the equipment after determining that the pupil may safely use the equipment; or

     (b) Engage in any drill or other activity that is intended to cause physical contact with another pupil during the period of noncontact practice.

     3. A school that conducts a noncontact practice pursuant to subsection 1 may count that practice toward the number of practices required before participating in an interschool football game or scrimmage pursuant to NAC 386.721.

     (Added to NAC by Nev. Interscholastic Activities Ass’n by R206-03, eff. 11-2-2004)