Medical Forms

Every few years, the BSA updates its Annual Health and Medical Record after consulting with health care professionals, Scout executives, council and camp health officers and other experts to ensure it is up-to-date and helpful.

This was one of those years, meaning a new form is available for everyone to use for 2020. Your AHMR is valid through the end of the 12th month after the date it was administered by your medical provider. For example, if you got your physical on March 3, 2019, it’s valid until March 31, 2020.

Since at least the 1930s, the BSA has required the use of standardized health and medical information. The last time this form was updated was in 2014. The changes made this year were minor, such as some conditions listed in the health history section.

You can download the new form here.

The Annual Health and Medical Record is required for Scouts and adult leaders who want to go on Scouting events, campouts and high-adventure trips. Note that there are different parts to the AHMR:

• Part A is an informed consent, release agreement and authorization that needs to be signed by every participant (or a parent and/or legal guardian for all youth under 18).
• Part B is general information and a health history.
• Part C is your pre-participation physical exam completed by a certified and licensed health care provider.

• For ALL Scouting events: Part A and B. This applies to all participants for all activities, day camps, local tours and weekend camping trips less than 72 hours.
• For events or camps: Part A, B and C. A pre-participation physical is needed for any Scouting event of more than 72 hours, such as summer camp and NYLT. The exam needs to be completed by a certified and licensed physician (M.D. or D.O.), nurse practitioner or physician assistant. If your camp has provided you with any supplemental risk information, or if your plans include attending one of the four national high-adventure bases, share the venue’s risk advisory with your medical provider when you are having your physical exam.

Please review and complete the AHMR fully and carefully. If you have any questions how to review it, read this BSA Safety Moment or look at these frequently asked questions. Remember, these completed forms must be secure, so they are not to be digitized, scanned, emailed or stored electronically by unit leaders.

• Make a copy of the front and back of your insurance card.
• Make sure all fields on the AHMF are completed including immunization dates and scout signature.
• Make TWO copies of the entirely completed AHMF packet. Keep the original at home.
• Give TWO copies of the entirely completed AHMF packet and TWO copies of your insurance card to the Troop 501 Med Forms Chair. 
• DO NOT EMAIL THESE DOCUMENTS.