All catchers must wear NOCSAE standard catcher’s head and face protection with full ear and throat protection, a body/chest protector, protector cup (male only), and baseball protective shin guards during warm-ups and during games in all leagues.

Also, effective January 1, 2021, every chest protector MUST have the NOCSAE stamp on it. There are three different options that would meet this requirement.
1) a new traditional chest protector that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard;
2) a body protector (compression shirt with heart guard built into the shirt) that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard under the traditional chest protector;
3) a chest pad that protects the heart/cardiac silhouette and meets the NOCSAE performance standard that fits on top of the traditional chest protector.