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USA Basketball Athlete and Participant - Safety & Protection Handbook

USA Basketball is committed to improving the development, safety of athletes and participants involved in sport. USA Basketball published a Safe Sport Handbook as a resource to guide the development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies for local, regional and national sport organizations. Additionally, the U.S. Center for SafeSport published a code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic movement, which is followed by USA Basketball in addition to the USA Basketball Safe Sport Handbook.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Code of Conduct establishes consistent standards of response and resolution to abuse and misconduct claims behavior across the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement. The USOPC, NGBs, and LAOs must comply, in all respects, with these policies and procedures as defined by the Code. All participants of these organizations are responsible for adhering to and understanding the Code.

NOTE: Users may download each section via the table or the entire handbook is available to download via a link below.

USA Basketball Athlete and Participant - Safety & Protection Handbook

Introduction

Section I: Application and Important Definitions

Section II: USA Basketball Misconduct Prevention Policy

Section III: USA Basketball Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policies

Section IV: Background Screening Policy

Section V: Education and Awareness Training

Section VI: Reporting, Response and Resolution 

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