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● Stage 5: Full contact practice (with final medical clearance). ● Stage 6: Unrestricted game play. ● If the student athlete experiences any symptoms during the stepwise return to play protocol, activity will stop for a period of no less than 24 hours ● If after 24 hours the student athlete is asymptomatic then they may return to participation at the previous stage

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