Florida law now requires ECGs for new high school student-athletes

A new state law requires ECGs and physicals for all high schoolers who have never played an FHSSA sport. Here's where your student can go.
Morningstar

Parent Heart Watch to host ECG interpretation training for clinicians ahead of Florida's Second Chance Act

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Parent Heart Watch announced today that it will host a complimentary national Virtual Training on ECG Interpretation in Athletes to support clinicians as ...
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Flagler County School Board votes to mandate ECGs for student-athletes

BUNNELL, Fla. — Flagler County School Board members voted Wednesday to make ECGs mandatory for high school student-athletes. An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is a quick screening of the heart that ...
KTLA

Florida Becomes First State to Require ECG Screenings for High School Athletes

ORLANDO, Fla., June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida has made history as the first state in the nation to require electrocardiogram (ECG) screenings for high school student athletes, following the ...

Walton County schools get heart-screening machines for student-athletes

Walton County School District partnered with the nonprofit “Who We Play For” and the St. Joe Community Foundation to place ECG machines on all four high school campuses full-time.