The NCAA has published educational columns on financial aid and mandatory medical examinations:
Eligibility for Institutional Financial Aid and the Amateurism Certification Process (I/II)
NCAA Division I and II institutions should note that eligibility for institutional financial aid is not contingent on the student-athlete being certified through the amateurism certification process by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. However, the student-athlete must meet all applicable NCAA, conference and institutional regulations to be eligible for institutional financial aid. In particular, an entering freshman with no previous full-time collegiate attendance must meet the minimum academic requirements to be certified as a qualifier by the clearinghouse in order to receive financial aid in the first academic year of residence. [References: NCAA Divisions I and II Bylaws 12.1.1.1 (amateurism certification process), 14.3.1 (eligibility for financial aid, practice and competition) and 15.01.5 (eligibility of student-athletes for institutional financial aid).]
Playing and Practice Seasons and Recruiting -- Effective Date of NCAA Proposal No. 2006-79 -- Mandatory Medical Examinations (I)
NCAA Division I institutions should note that effective May 1, 2007, in all sports, prospective student-athletes and student-athletes who are beginning their initial season of eligibility are required to undergo a medical examination or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician prior to initial participation in any practice or competition or out-of-season conditioning activities. In following years, returning student-athletes are required to have an updated medical history completed each year. In football and basketball, all prospective student-athletes who will be first-time participants are required to undergo a medical examination or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician prior to participation in voluntary summer weight training or conditioning activities. Further, in sports in which the safety exception is applicable, prospective student-athletes who will be first-time participants are required to undergo a medical examination or evaluation administered or supervised by a physician prior to participation in any voluntary individual workouts pursuant to the safety exception. In all cases, the medical examination/evaluation or updated medical history must be administered within six months prior to the individual’s participation in any practice, competition or out-of-season conditioning activities. For example, in swimming, if an incoming transfer student-athlete wants to participate in a voluntary individual workout pursuant to the safety exception May 10, 2007, the prospective student-athlete is required to have had a medical examination/evaluation administered or supervised by a physician on or after November 10, 2006. Similarly, if a returning student-athlete in women's soccer reports for preseason practice August 10, 2007, the student-athlete is required to have had an updated medical history administered on or after February 10. [References: NCAA Proposal No. 2006-79 (mandatory medical examinations), NCAA Division I Bylaws 13.11.3.8 (voluntary summer conditioning -- football), 13.11.3.9 (voluntary summer conditioning -- basketball), 13.11.3.10 (safety exception -- summer prior to initial full-time enrollment) and 17.1. (general playing season regulations).]