Division III took the following actions at its January 17 business session in National Harbor, Maryland:

Proposal No. 1: To establish limits on the number of student-athletes from the same member institution who may participate on an outside team tour without requiring the tour to be certified as an institutional tour. Effective date: Immediate. Approved by roll-call vote (440-15-1).

Proposal No. 2: To specify that an institutional staff member may design a voluntary individual-specific workout program for a student-athlete, but may not conduct the individual‟s workout outside the declared playing season. Effective date: Immediate. Approved by roll call vote (453-2-1).

Proposal No. 3: To establish August 15 as the first permissible date for preseason practice in cross country, field hockey, golf, rugby, soccer, tennis and women’s volleyball. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Defeated by roll-call vote (297-154-6).

Proposal No. 4: To specify that an institution shall not commence practice sessions in ice hockey before October 15. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Approved by roll-call vote (225-54-176).

Proposal No. 5: To specify that an institution is not required to provide student-athletes one day off per week during conference championships or postseason tournaments. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Withdrawn.

Proposal No. 6: To specify that a season of participation shall not be counted when a student-athlete participates in the one date of competition during the nontraditional segment in the sports if baseball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball and women’s volleyball. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Approved by roll-call vote (431-18-6).

Proposal No. 7: To remove archery, badminton, synchronized swimming and team handball as emerging sports for women. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Approved by roll-call vote (403-21-35).

Proposal No. 8: To specify that the data included in the NCAA computer statistical database used for championships selection criteria be made available to each institution throughout the season. Effective date: August 1, 2009 (for inclusion in Division III budget beginning in 2010-11). Withdrawn.

Proposal No. 9: To specify that each head coach shall be certified in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use. Effective date: August 1, 2009. Approved by roll-call vote (420-33-6).

Proposal No. 10: To establish a tryout exception that allows an institution’s athletics department staff members or representatives of its athletics interests to be involved in the conduct and administration of the use of a member institution’s facilities for physical activities by a group that includes prospective student-athletes, under specified conditions. Effective date: Immediate. Approved by roll-call vote (452-4-2).

Proposal No. 11: To specify that the use of an institution’s facilities for physical activities by a group that includes prospective student-athletes shall not be considered a tryout provided the physical activities are related to a sport that is not sponsored by the institution on the varsity intercollegiate level. Effective date: Immediate. Approved.

Proposal No. 12: To specify that all sports with a nontraditional segment in the fall must complete all practice and competition by the first date of final examinations for the fall term at the institution. Referred to Management Council.