Cal Poly Pomona Athletics

NCAA SICKLE CELL TRAIT (SCT) TESTING -- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• All participating student-athletes are required to provide confirmation of sickle cell trait status, either through:
  1. Existing documentation from birth, or;
  2. Recent screening. 
     1. Most entering college-aged students have been tested for SCT as a standard genetic screening at birth. The California Newborn Screening Program has been screening all babies in California for sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait since February 27, 1990. These results will satisfy the NCAA requirement for college student athletes to have documentation of their sickle cell status. Use the following link to request your results: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DGDS/Pages/nbs/howtogetnbsresults.aspx.  
     2. Out of state or international students, please check your local screening practices!

 

• If a participating student-athlete does not have existing Sickle Cell Trait status documentation from birth and/or from recent screening, you can:
  • Schedule a test at the Cal Poly Pomona Student Health Center. There is an associated fee with this test. 
  • Sign a waiver declining confirmation of SCT status if he/she is first provided education by the institution regarding the implications of exercising the waiver option.
    • Sickle Cell Trait Fact Sheet
    • Sickle Cell Trait Testing & Consent Waiver

 

• Student-athletes will also receive mandatory education regarding the risks, impact and precautions associated with SCT if they plan to participate while awaiting the results of a screening or exercised the waver option.