INDIANAPOLIS --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) Effective August 1, 2022 per the recommendation of the NCAA, student-athletes in their initial season of eligibility and currently enrolled students no longer have the option to sign a waiver declining confirmation of sickle cell trait status.
 
Sickle Cell Trait status requirements can be met in the following ways:

1. Newborn Screening Test Results: Contact your hospital of birth/pediatrician's office and request a copy of your sickle cell trait status from your birth. Most states required newborn SCT testing beginning in 1990.
   
   NYS Information:
   David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health
   120 New Scotland Ave
   Albany, NY 12208
   P: (518) 473-7552
   F: (518) 474-0405
   nbsinfo@health.ny.gov
   
   Please refer to the following link for other state-specific contact information 
   cdc.gov/genomics/resources/h.htm
    
2. Get tested: Provide a copy of a recent Sickle Cell Solubility Test indicating your Sickle Cell Trait status. This requires a written request from a physician, a blood draw from a physician's office or lab, and a lab test with results indicated. You may also use the NCAA sickle cell test site to book a test through quest diagnostics (sicklecelltesting.pwnhealth.com. 

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