2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 97 - State Employee Wellness and Physical Fitness Programs.
41-97-5 - Duties of agencies establishing programs.

§ 41-97-5. Duties of agencies establishing programs.
 

(1)  It will be the responsibility of each individual participating agency to create a safe-net blueprint by identifying common institutional responsibilities, relative to and consistent with the legal aspects of preventive and recreational programs and will include but not be restricted to facility safety and maintenance, equipment safety, supervisory credentials, exercise protocol, emergency contingency plans, and participants entry admissibility. 

(2)  Prior to initiating a wellness/fitness program, each agency shall complete a written detailed report known as a Physical Plant Survey and Analysis. This report shall include but not be restricted to inspection schedules, floor analysis as to proper surface relative to high or low impact exercise, high risk wet or overwaxed areas, lighting, equipment logistics, equipment manufacturers schedule of specific maintenance recommendations, crowding, unauthorized participants, proper exercise mats, electrical current integrity in wet areas, proper directives posted on exercise machines, and the posting of facility rules and regulations. 

(3)  No state agency will allow any individual to teach, lead or instruct fitness and wellness classes unless they are degreed or certified in the specific area of instruction so offered. 

(4)  No state agency will allow any type of post surgical or post incident cardiovascular rehabilitation to take place on agency property unless said agency is a medical facility with medical personnel in attendance. 

(5)  Agencies shall model their comprehensive safe-net blueprint after American College of Sports Medicine standards and guidelines and ISRA standards. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1995, ch. 441, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1995.