ILH ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION Form Due Date
The ILH Athletic Participation form is an annual form that needs to be completed by a physician in order to practice or compete in ILH sports. The LJA Athletic Department due date for this form is similar to when other school health forms are uploaded into the Magnus Health system, at the end of summer. The Athletic Department observes this timeline and asks for your cooperation in returning these forms during that time with a physical exam date that is current, as we are finding many of our student athlete's physical exams expiring during the school year, often times in the middle of their sports seasons resulting in students having to sit out practices/competitions until their physicals are updated. Physical exams are considered current for 12 months/one year. Yearly physical exams are not required by LJA for school attendance, but are required for ILH athletic participation. When you observe the summer timeline for sports physicals, your student-athlete's physical exam is current for all athletic seasons during the entire school year.
Lack of a current physical exam on file impacts team participation when members are removed from practices/competitions due to expired physical exams, which has raised concerns with our coaching staff. We have had winter/spring sport coaches that have been stymied thinking their athletes are eligible for participation since they participated in a fall sport, only to realize their physical exam has expired and they must sit out until a new and current physical exam is submitted. Please be aware that if your athlete's exam is not current, their name is not able to be submitted to the ILH on the team's Eligibility List at the beginning of the season. A late submittal to the ILH office when their updated physical exam is submitted results in a mandatory 4-day waiting period for eligibility to participate. Our goal is to have athletes eligible for participation during the entire athletic season without interruption, we want to have our athletes participate in all practices/competitions.
Please have your completed sports participation form (which can be downloaded at ILH Athletics Participation Form 2022-2023) need to post active link to LJA website completed by the first day of school, or for fall athletes prior to the first day of practice which is usually in early August. If you find yourself in the position where a sports physical is needed outside of the one perhaps performed by your Primary Care Physician (PCP), here are a few options with associated charges:
CVS Minute Clinic $69 (Longs Drugs stores)
Urgent Care Hawaii $50 (660 Kailua Rd.)
Windward Urgent Care/Premier Medical Group Hawaii $50 (Castle Adventist Health – Kaneohe Office building)
Braun Urgent Care $85 (130 Kailua Rd., Kailua Beach Center)