Secondly is the idea of giving a student athlete a reason to say no to something like that. Those are the two big points. Those athletes who are under a physician's care and taking medication must provide a letter from the doctor to the team physician documenting medical history indicating the need for the regular use of that drug as part of that care. Testing will be done by urine analysis or other recognized analytical procedures obtained from the student at the direction of the head coach or team physician. All chemical analyses must be conducted by a professional laboratory selected by the team physician.
Positive results require an immediate second test to ensure validity.
If that test is positive, disciplinary action is enforced. Testing is done prior to the season's start as well as randomly throughout the year. Students and their parents are expected to sign a consent form for the drug tests. The testing is to be supervised by the Drug Education and Screening Committee comprised of the high school principal, athletic director, a certified athletic trainer, the team physician and a senior counselor. It wasn't easy at first, according to Gallatin High School's then-football Coach Calvin Short.