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Specialty 38
Sports Medicine
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Sports Medicine — Atlas
This specialty validates a distinct constitutional property of accountability (Volume II). Its canonical case, obligation architecture, and constitutional relationships are transcribed from the ratified specialty corpus.
Active constitutional concepts
Constitutional specialty
Canonical case
Constitutional property
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Concussion Return-to-Play Without Demonstrable Completion of Progressive Functional Clearance Obligations
Constitutional first cause
The Engine begins when:
A concussion diagnosis creates temporary restrictions requiring staged progression before unrestricted participation may resume.
Not with the injury.
Not with return to play.
With the creation of staged recovery obligations.
Obligation architecture
1Event observed — Concussion diagnosed.
2Immediate activity restriction.
3Recovery owner identified.
4Symptom monitoring initiated.
5Graduated exertion protocol begins.
6Each progression stage objectively completed.
7Regression if symptoms recur.
8Medical clearance.
9Stakeholder acceptance (athlete, family, coach, school, employer where applicable).
10Return verified.
Constitutional observations
What The Engine makes visible
Current systems can demonstrate:
concussion diagnosed;
athlete evaluated;
clearance signed.
They often cannot demonstrate:
every required progression stage;
who authorized advancement;
why regression occurred;
whether stakeholders followed the staged protocol;
whether unrestricted participation actually matched the documented clearance.
No worked demonstration is provisioned for this specialty in this build. Occupational Medicine (Specialty 25) is the first domain and carries the worked demonstration; the constitutional architecture above is shared across specialties.