The Committee is charged with the following responsibilities:

• i. Encourage and support programs to ensure outstanding professional training for team medical staffs, including by recommending credentialing standards and continuing education programs for Team medical personnel; sponsoring educational programs from time to time; advising on the content of scientific and other meetings sponsored by the NFL Physicians Society, the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Association, and other relevant professional institutions; and supporting other professional development programs;
• ii. Develop a standardized preseason and postseason physical examination and educational protocol to inform players of the primary risks associated with playing professional football and the role of the player and the team medical staff in preventing and treating illness and injury in professional athletes;
• iii. Conduct research into prevention and treatment of illness and injury commonly experienced by professional athletes, including patient care outcomes from different treatment methods;
• iv. Conduct a confidential player survey at least once every three years to solicit the players’ input and opinion regarding the adequacy of medical care provided by their respective medical and training staffs and commission independent analyses of the results of such surveys;
• v. Assist in the development and maintenance of injury surveillance and medical records systems;
• vi. Develop and issue joint position statements on health and safety issues relevant to and impacting professional football players (e.g., CTE, concussion, lower extremity injuries);
• vii. Annually review and develop a mandatory education program concerning health and safety issues relevant to NFL players, including but not limited to, concussion, CTE, and NFL injury data, to be presented to all NFL players by the parties throughout the course of each NFL Season;
• viii. Analyze and provide recommendations regarding injury trends;
• ix. Coordinate public statements by the NFL, NFL Players Association, Clubs and other interested parties regarding football-related health and safety issues;
• x. Beginning with the 2020 regular NFL Season, conduct an annual comprehensive review of Club rehabilitation equipment, facilities and modalities, and thereafter establish and implement minimum standards concerning these areas. The NFLPA shall have the right to commence a Non-Injury Grievance pursuant to Article 43 of this Agreement should a player or the NFLPA believe that a Club’s equipment, facilities or modalities have failed to meet the standards set by the Committee or presents an undue risk of injury. Should the NFLPA file such a grievance, the Parties will arrange an inspection of such facility. If a deviation from the standards set by the Committee or an unduly unsafe condition is found, the Club will be given a reasonable opportunity to cure. If the Club contests whether a condition fails to meet the standards set by the Committee or is unduly unsafe, the Non-Injury Grievance will proceed, and a Non-Injury Grievance arbitrator will decide whether a deviation from the Committee’s standards has occurred or whether a condition is unduly unsafe. If the Non-Injury Grievance Arbitrator finds a deviation or determines that a facility, equipment or modality is unduly unsafe, he or she will issue an order to cure;
• xi. Review any proposed playing rules changes for health and safety impact;
• xii. Examine any subject related to player safety and welfare it desires, and make non-binding recommendations to the parties; and
• xiii. Undertake such other duties as the Commissioner and Executive Director may assign to the Committee.