Washington State’s Lystedt Law – an Update

By Tony Corleto, of Gordon & Rees (Editor’s Note: The following article appears in Concussion Defense Reporter, which can be subscribed to at the site.) Enacted by the Washington State legislature in 2009 (RCWA 28A.600.190) the “Zackery Lystedt Law” set the pattern for similar legislative and regulatory acts in each state and the District of Columbia. Washington’s law established an education requirement for coaches, youth athletes and their parents, requiring each school di