Connecticut heat rules for high school sports.
Connecticut's CIAC medical handbook provides heat-illness prevention and emergency guidance while leaving operational procedures under local control.
What coaches need to know
- CIAC directs athletic departments to review heat-illness policies and procedures with fall coaches and athletic trainers before the season.
- Member schools must maintain venue-specific emergency action plans and distribute them to responsible personnel.
- Teams and individual athletes generally need at least 10 physical practice days before their first competition and may not practice or compete more than six consecutive days.
- The reviewed handbook does not publish a statewide numeric environmental action table; follow the local board's written protocol.
No statewide numeric table is shown. The public source provides guidance without one complete operational action table, so PracticeCast does not invent thresholds.
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Use the current governing document. Local schools, districts, leagues, activities, and medical staff may apply additional or stricter requirements.