Skin Release Forms
Kansas Kids Wrestling does not have a 3 day or 7 day requirement that a form must be signed before a tournament – the 3 day wording comes from an example given on the back of the skin release form under "Important Components for an Effective Form", paragraph 3. It is just an example, but not a rule.
The skin release form USAWKS uses lists an "expiration date" and an "earliest date may return to participation". As long as the form compeltely filled out (for the current season)and covers the present skin lesion, then the wrestler should be allowed to participate - unless an appropriate health care provider is present at weigh-in, and overrules the form. The KSHSAA has defined an appropriate health care provider as an MD, DO, or PA-C. With that said, the head tournament official always has the final say.
Rule 4-2-5 specifically covers a "specific condition such as a birthmark or other non-communicable skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema . . ." That rule is designed so a wrestler does not have to get the form redone multiple times during a season for such a situation.
Our By-Laws require a physicians letterhead or prescription form to accompany the skin release form, however, our skin release form does not say anything about that requirement. Because such a requirement is not listed on the form, it would unfair to require such letterhead or prescription form from the doctor to accompany the skin release form. Therefore, no letterhead or prescription form is required.
Matt Treaster
Executive Director
Kansas Kids Wrestling
