The medical certificates to register your child in judo, football or tennis, it's over.
Since Saturday May 8, under a decree published in the Official Journal, the process has been replaced by a simple questionnaire to be completed by parents.
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This decree is part of the law on the acceleration and simplification of public action of December 7, 2020. For the government, this decision has four objectives: to facilitate access to sports for young people, "
revealed to be essential by the health crisis
”, according to the sports ministry;
simplify the life of families who will no longer have to produce these certificates;
simplify the administrative management of sports clubs;
free up medical time.
Medical certificates will always be necessary for the practice of certain sports, such as mountaineering, rugby, combat sports, parachuting, etc. They may also be requested depending on the answers to the health questionnaire.
"For some children, it was the only time they went to the doctor"
"
There, really, we endanger the health of our children
", reacted in the wake of franceinfo Véronique Lebar, sports doctor and president of the association Ethics and Sport Committee. "
It is very clear that children from disadvantaged families will make a certificate without going to see the doctor,
" she adds
.
"
We must not forget that they sometimes detect serious pathologies, sometimes minor
".
Same observation of Fabrice Ferrand, Assistant for Sports and Associative Life in Fontaine, in Isère.
“
It's good to facilitate access to the clubs, but for some it was the only time they went to the doctors.
Two of my students discovered pathologies following this non-contraindication visit
, ”he explains.
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For David Dacosta, who runs a basketball club in Dourges in Pas-de-Calais, this measure makes it possible to simplify the lives of parents.
He himself usually has a series of certificates for his children, “
between basketball, sports studies, and diving that we practice as a family, I have asked for six for my two children in one year!
»He explains to
Figaro
.
However, this manager asks himself the question of insurance.
“
At the French Basketball Federation, we are insured by the MAIF, each licensee is insured.
But if there is a problem on the ground that had not been identified, who becomes responsible?
»He asks himself.
