All Coaches must complete and pass the USA Hockey background screening process PRIOR to participating with your team or being placed on a roster. This needs to be completed every 2 years.
In order to comply with new requirements from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”), USA Hockey implemented a national-level background screening policy, beginning on April 1, 2020.
Effective March 15, 2020, Minnesota Hockey's screening policy and procedure will no longer accept new background screens.
All background screening will be conducted by our national background screen vendor, NCSI, and information on background screening will be included following your registration.
If you were screened after April 1, 2019, for the 2019-20 season, your screen is valid for the 2020-21 season, and you will not need to be screened under the new system until prior to the 2021-22 season. If your most recent screen is from prior to April 1, 2019, you will need to be screened under the new system, after April 1, 2020, in order to participate in the upcoming season.
All new screens submitted through the new NCSI national screening program will be valid for two seasons. For example, a screen submitted and approved on May 15, 2020, will be valid through the end of the 2021-22 season, which is August 31, 2022.
Background screens through NCSI under the national program will cost $30 for all domestic screens. For international screens (members who have lived outside of the US for six consecutive months in any one county during the past 7 years) the flat rate fee is $150. If that country is solely Canada, the flat rate fee is $75.
Please note that all coaches, officials, board members, employees, volunteers, billets, and anyone else who will have regular contact with or authority over, minor athletes are required to submit to a background screen before any such contact with minor athletes.
For Questions, Contact:
Lauren Tesler Harless
SafeSport Compliance and Legal Administrator
Phone: (719) 538-1145
Email: lauren.harless@usahockey.org