Registration
Registration and USA Softball Background Clearance
Click on this PDF (below) for information on completing your 2024 USA Softball Background Clearance and Safe Sport.
Umpire Instructions - Clearance and Safe Sport - 2024.pdfClick here if you would like to see a walkthrough of how to complete your Safe Sport on the RegisterUSA website:
Insurance Information
Umpires are covered by Bollinger Insurance when they umpire games, leagues, and tournaments involving USA Softball registered teams and the event has been authorized by an USA Softball Commissioner and/or his/her designee or authorized by USA Softball.
Umpire registration includes coverage for officiating Scholastic (Middle School, High School, NFHS) and Collegiate (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA) Softball events. It will not follow umpires when working other softball organizations.
Effective 1/1/2023, coverage while officiating other sports is included with USA Softball Umpire Registration.
Click on the Bollinger logo above, or here, for information from their website.
Here is an excerpt from the USA Softball Insurance Program Guide discussing the coverages.
Volunteer Clearances
Volunteers and umpires need the following clearances:
PA Child Abuse
Safe Kids Disclosure
Safe Sport (detailed above)
FBI Background Check - Service code 1KG756
PA State Police Record Check (EPATCH)