What are the rules in locker rooms and changing areas?

Under the 2025 MAAPP:

• Any in-program contact with minor athletes in a locker room, changing area or similar space must be observable and interruptible.
• No photos or recordings. No adult participant or minor athlete may use a device's camera or recording function in a locker room or changing area.
• No undressing in front of minors. Adults must not remove their clothes or behave in a way that intentionally or recklessly exposes their breasts, buttocks, groin or genitals to a minor athlete.
• No showering with minors. The exceptions are an adult who meets the close-in-age exception, or a pre- or post-activity rinse while everyone wears swimwear.
• Parent requests. A parent/guardian can ask in writing that their child not change or shower with adults, and the organization and adults must follow that request.

The organization must provide a private or semi-private place to change at its facilities and sanctioned events, and monitor locker room use.

Celebration or media photos in a locker room are allowed only with parent/guardian consent, the organization's approval of that specific occasion, two or more adult participants present, and everyone fully clothed.