Law For Fitness Managers And Exercise Professionals

Download or read book Risk Management for Health/fitness Professionals written by JoAnn M. Eickhoff-Shemek and published by LWW. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well-organized text provides a clear explanation of laws and legal issues in the health and fitness arena and presents invaluable risk management strategies to promote safer programs and environments. The authors address many legal concerns related to emergency procedures, employment, equipment, and facility issues, pre-activity health screening, fitness testing and prescription, and instruction and supervision. Real-life health/fitness case law examples provide practical illustrations of negligence to help professionals understand and minimize their legal liability. Online resources include an electronic version of the book and downloadable forms from the book.