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- The USA Hockey Safe Sport Handbook is intended to update and collect USA Hockey’s various policies to protect its participants from all types of misconduct and abuse. Any persons banned or suspended by the Center for SafeSport as a result of a SafeSport violation can be searched by name and sport through the link below.
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The USA Hockey Safe Sport Handbook is intended to update and collect USA Hockey’s various policies to protect its participants from all types of misconduct and abuse.
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- COMPONENTS OF THE USA HOCKEY SAFESPORT PROGRAM
- DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
- USA Hockey SafeSport Policies
- The Policies below address the following types of abuse and misconduct and set forth boundaries for appropriate and inappropriate conduct:
- The Policies below are implemented to incorporate protections to reduce the risks of potential abuse:
- Jurisdiction of the USCSS
- D. USA Hockey Jurisdiction.
- U.S. Center for SafeSport
- Reporting Obligations
- Prohibited Conduct and Jurisdiction
- PHYSICAL MISCONDUCT
- EMOTIONAL MISCONDUCT
- BULLYING
- THREATS
- HARASSMENT
- HAZING
- ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTIONS POLICY
- LOCKER ROOM POLICY
- Locker Room Supervision
- Co-Ed Locker Rooms
- Officials Locker Rooms
- ATHLETIC TRAINING MODALITIES
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS POLICY
- Social Media
- Email, Text Messaging and Similar Electronic Communications
- Social Media and Group Chats Among Players
- Request To Discontinue All Electronic Communications or Imagery with Athlete
- Abuse and Misconduct
- TRAVEL POLICY
- Local Travel
- Organization/Team Travel
- BILLETING POLICY
- VIOLATION OF USCSS POLICIES
- Purposes of a Screening Policy
- USA Hockey Screening
- Handling “Hits” and Appeals
- Reporting of Concerns of Abuse
- In This Policy on Reporting Concerns of Abuse is:
- Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse
- Concerns About Potential “Grooming” Behaviors
- Peer-to-Peer Sexual Abuse
- Reporting Other Misconduct and Policy Violations
- To Whom To Report
- Confidentiality
- Anonymous Reporting
- “Whistleblower” Protection
- Bad-Faith Allegations
- Conflicts of Interest
- Reporting to Law Enforcement and/or Child Protective Services
- Reporting to the USCSS
- Immediate Suspension or Termination
- Other Misconduct and Policy Violations
- Member Program Reporting to Affiliate
- Affiliate Reporting to USA Hockey
- NOTIFICATION
- In this policy on Responding to Abuse and Other Misconduct is:
- REQUIREMENT FOR INVESTIGATION AND/OR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
- INVESTIGATION AND RESOLUTION OF ALLEGATIONS BY USCSS
- IMPORTANCE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
- IMMEDIATE OR “SUMMARY” SUSPENSION
- FINDINGS AND SANCTIONS
- Monitoring and Supervision of the Program
USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program involves several component pieces:
The following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them below wherever used in this SafeSport Handbook: “Adult” or “adult” shall mean and refer to an individual 18 years of age or older. “Affiliate” shall mean and refer to those Affiliate Associations described in USA Hockey Bylaw 3. “Applicable Adult” shall mean and refer to: Adu...
USA Hockey is committed to creating a safe and positive environment for its participants’ physical, emotional, and social development and ensuring it promotes an environment free from abuse and misconduct. As part of this program USA Hockey has implemented policies below addressing certain types of abuse and misconduct, certain policies intended to...
Sexual Misconduct Physical Misconduct Emotional Misconduct Bullying Threats Harassment Hazing
One-on-One Interactions Policy Locker Room Policy Athletic Training Modalities Policy Social Media & Electronic Communications Policy Travel Policy Billeting Policy In addition, the USCSS Code includes policies prohibiting misconduct with respect to violations of the USCSS’s policies on Aiding and Abetting, Misconduct Related to Reporting to the US...
USCSS Exclusive Jurisdiction. The USCSS shall have exclusive jurisdiction to investigate and resolve allegations that a Participant has violated the Sexual Misconduct Policy, including without limitation child sexual abuse and any misconduct that is reasonably related to an underlying allegation of Sexual Misconduct, Criminal Charges or Disposition...
USA Hockey (including through USA Hockey Affiliates and/or Member Programs) retains the authority and jurisdiction to investigate and address any allegations of violations of the USA Hockey SafeSport Handbook and/or USCSS Code that are not within the USCSS’s exclusive jurisdiction, provided that, in the event that the USCSS exercises jurisdiction o...
The USA Hockey Board of Directors has determined that USA Hockey’s policies prohibiting Sexual Misconduct and Child Abuse shall be the same as the applicable policies of the USCSS, and all persons within the jurisdiction of USA Hockey shall comply with the Sexual Misconduct and Child Abuse policies of the USCSS. All capitalized terms not defined he...
Pursuant to the SafeSport Authorization Act, any adult who is authorized by USA Hockey, a member of USA Hockey, or any Member Program, to interact with a Minor or amateur athlete at a Facility or at any event sanctioned USA Hockey or a Member Program, is considered a mandatory reporter and if any such person learns of facts that give reason to susp...
The USCSS shall have authority and jurisdiction over the investigation and resolution of any allegations of violations by any Participant of the Sexual Misconduct policies set forth in the USCSS Code, which prohibit sexual behavior involving minors by an adult Participant and in some cases between minors, including without limitation (as such terms...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that there shall be no Physical Misconduct of any Participant involved in any of its Member Programs by any other Participant. Physical Misconduct is any intentional contact or non-contact behavior by a Participant that occurs within a context that is reasonably related to hockey and that causes, or reasonably threa...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that there shall be no Emotional Misconduct of any Participant involved in any of its Member Programs by any other Participant. Emotional Misconduct is any conduct by a Participant that occurs within a context that is reasonably related to hockey and includes (a) Verbal Acts, (b) Physical Acts (c) Acts that Deny Att...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that there shall be no Bullying of any Participant involved in any of its Member Programs by any other Participant. The hockey environment should be conducive to the enjoyment of hockey and free from any type of bullying behavior. Bullying is any repeated and/or severe behavior(s) that occurs within a context that is ...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that threats by a Participant to harm another Participant are not acceptable in USA Hockey programs. A threat to harm others includes any written, verbal, physical or electronically transmitted expression of intent to physically injure or harm someone else. A threat may be communicated directly to the intended victim ...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that harassing behavior of any Participant shall be prohibited in USA Hockey and Member Programs by any other Participant. The purpose of this Policy is to describe the types of conduct and behaviors that are considered Harassment subject to this Policy, and for which Participants may be subject to disciplinary action...
It is the policy of USA Hockey that there shall be no Hazing of any Participant involved in any of USA Hockey’s Member Programs by any other Participant. Hazing is any conduct that occurs within a context that is reasonably related to hockey and that subjects another person, whether physically, mentally, emotionally or psychologically, to anything ...
The majority of child sexual abuse is perpetrated in isolated, one-on-one situations. USA Hockey requires that Applicable Adults shall not engage in any prohibited one-on-one interactions with any minor Participants. By reducing such interactions between minors and adults, USA Hockey seeks to reduce the risk of child sexual abuse in its programs. ...
Youth players are particularly vulnerable in locker rooms, changing areas and restrooms due to various stages of dress/undress and because players are often less supervised than at other times. Athlete-to-athlete problems, such as sexual abuse, bullying, harassment or hazing, often occur when a coach or other responsible adult is not in a position ...
USA Hockey is concerned with locker room activities between minor Participants; minor Participants and adult Participants; adults being alone with individual minor Participants in locker rooms; and with non-official or non-related adults having unsupervised access to minor Participants at team events. It is the policy of USA Hockey that all USA Hoc...
As a team sport in which youth teams can often include players of different genders, special circumstances may exist that can increase the chance of abuse or misconduct. If the team consists of players of different genders, the privacy rights of all players must be given consideration and appropriate arrangements made. It is not acceptable under US...
Officials locker rooms in hockey arenas are usually set apart from the team locker rooms. For a given game, there may be 2, 3 or 4 officials, and there may also be officials sharing the officials’ locker room that are present for the game prior or game following. There may be officials of different genders, or there may be Minor age officials work...
Due to the nature of the contact between an athlete and a person performing a massage, rubdown, taping or other athletic training modalities, the potential for abuse or misconduct can occur. This Policy must be adopted by every USA Hockey Member Program where any massage, rubdown, taping or other athletic training modalities are permitted on a Part...
As part of USA Hockey’s emphasis on safety, communications involving any Participant, and especially minor Participants, should be appropriate, productive, and transparent. Effective communication concerning travel, practice or game schedules, and administrative issues among coaches, administrators, players and their families is crucial. However, t...
Social media makes it easy to share ideas and experiences. USA Hockey recognizes, however, that social media, mobile and other electronic communications can be especially concerning where minor Participants are involved. Coaches are prohibited from having minor Participants joined to or connected through their personal Facebook page, Instagram or a...
Coaches, team managers and players may use email and text messaging to communicate. All email and text message content between coaches/team managers and minor Participants must be non-personal in nature and be for the purpose of communicating information about team activities. Emails and text messages from a coach to any minor Participant must incl...
Minor hockey players often create group chats through texting or other social media applications. Such group chats are concerning because Minors may engage in bullying behavior, sexual misconduct, harassment, threats, discriminatory and other inappropriate conduct that may violate policies of USA Hockey. Group chats among Minor hockey players shoul...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
The Monitoring and Supervision aspect of USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program describes how USA Hockey, its Affiliates and Member Programs monitor, supervise and ensure that the other aspects of the SafeSport Program (i.e., implementation and enforcement of policies, training requirements, screening requirements, responding, reporting and adjudication pr...
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Revised 8/15/2013 USA Hockey SafeSport Program Handbook | 1 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................3
One of the most exciting aspects of the USA Hockey Safe Sport Program is the online training/education that is available to help our members become aware of the information necessary to help prevent abuse from occurring in our sport.
As the national governing body for ice hockey in the United States, USA Hockey has adopted this Safe Sport Program Handbook to comply with the requirements of the SafeSport Authorization Act, the USOPC and
Jan 3, 2023 · USA Hockey’s SafeSport Handbook includes the various Policies that apply to all USA Hockey Member Programs. It further includes the available resources and required Training of USA Hockey and its Member Programs’
