N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 208.11

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 208.11 - Medical suspensions in case of knockouts, submissions and technical knockouts

(a) If a licensed combatant is rendered unconscious during a contest or exhibition, his or her seconds shall not minister to such participant until the ringside physician shall have examined such participant and given instructions for his or her care.

(b) Any licensed combatant who suffered a knockout, submission or technical knockout, or who endured significant punishment or physical trauma in a combative sport may, based upon the professional medical opinion and recommendation of the attending or reviewing Commission physician, be suspended for a fixed period of time or until proof of medical fitness is provided to the Commission and shall forfeit his or her license to the Commission during such period. Such license shall not be returned to the licensee until he or she has met all requirements, medical and otherwise, for reinstatement of such license. All such suspensions shall be recorded by a Commission official.

(c) A licensed combatant losing by way of a technical knockout where there is evidence of head trauma, upon recommendation of the Commission physician, shall receive a medical suspension and shall not participate in any combative sports contact sparring, contests or exhibitions for a minimum period of thirty(30) days and until proof of neurological clearance by a physician is provided to and approved by the Commission. A licensed combatant losing by way of a knockout where there is evidence of head trauma shall, upon recommendation of the Commission physician, receive a medical suspension and shall not participate in any combative sports contact sparring, contests or exhibitions for a minimum period of thirty(30) days and until proof of neurological clearance by a physician is provided to and approved by the Commission. At the discretion of the Commission physician, longer suspension periods may be issued.

(d) This section shall in no manner restrict the authority of a Commission physician to issue a medical suspension any time he or she believe sit necessary, in his or her professional medical opinion, in the interest of the health and safety of the licensed combatant.

(e) A licensed combatant suspended pursuant to this section may petition the Commission in writing for the reduction or removal of any such suspension by furnishing proof satisfactory to the Commission physician demonstrating a sufficiently improved medical or physical condition and overall fitness to engage in professional combative sports activity. Upon the furnishing of such proof by the suspended combatant, the Commission may reduce or remove any such suspension in accordance with the professional medical opinion of the Commission physician.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 208.11

Adopted New York State Register September 21, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 38, eff. 9/21/2016