FROM USA HOCKEY ON BACKGROUND CHECKS:

Affiliate Screening Policies
As a condition of its affiliation with USA Hockey, each Affiliate of USA Hockey shall adopt a screening policy
in compliance with the requirements set forth below:
A. The Affiliate shall cause all volunteers and employees over the age of 18 to be screened prior to such
volunteers or employees having access to youth participants. An approved screen shall be valid for two
years. All previously screened persons must be re-screened every two (2) years.

B. The Affiliate shall manage and directly supervise the screening program within its Affiliate. The Affiliate
shall select one or more screening vendors and shall require that all local programs have the required
volunteers and employees (see below) screened through the Affiliate’s vendors in compliance with the
Affiliate’s screening program.

C. Not later than the 2013-14 season, all screens must at a minimum include a “national” screen that covers
a national criminal database, the sex offender registries for all 50 states, and every county database in
which the applicant has lived during the previous five (5) years. For screens of individuals that will serve
as a team driver, the screen must also include a Department of Motor Vehicles check. Affiliates may in
their discretion include additional databases in their search.

D. The Affiliate or its vendor shall verify the identification of the screened individual through a social security
number verification or other acceptable identity verification process.

E. The Affiliate shall have an Affiliate Screening Coordinator (who may also be the Affiliate SafeSport
Coordinator) who is responsible for monitoring and reporting on compliance with the screening policy
by the Affiliate and all of the Affiliate’s local programs.

F. The Affiliate’s screening policy shall require that all of the following persons be screened in accordance
with this policy:
1. Members of the Affiliate Board of Directors
2. Local program administrators
3. Coaches
4. Team managers
5. Officials
6. Locker room monitors
7. Team drivers (unless professional transportation companies are used)
8. Travel chaperones
9. Anyone with routine access to youth participants
The Affiliate and/or local program may require that additional persons be screened.


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