NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
Players’ Rights To Medical Care and Treatment
Section 13(g)Sleep Studies
For purposes of this Section “Sleep Studies” shall mean any effort to test, monitor, observe, analyze or collect information on or in connection with the sleep activity of an NFL player or players, without limitation, through the use of wearable sleep trackers and any future iterations thereof. This Section does not and is not intended to affect a Club physician’s ability to order sleep testing of an individual player when clinically indicated (e.g., to determine if such player is suffering from a medical condition, such as sleep apnea). The Parties hereby agree that NFL Clubs may perform Sleep Studies, subject to the following limitations:
NFL Clubs intending to conduct a Sleep Study must notify the NFL Management Council of their intention to do so, indicating the intended date(s) of the testing and identifying the third-party company retained to conduct such testing and forwarding a copy of the player consent form to be used in connection with the testing. The NFL Management Council will forward that information to the NFL Players Association to ensure compliance with this Section.