N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 213.7

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024
Section 213.7 - General requirements
(a)Insurance.

A promoter of professional wrestling shall continuously provide accident insurance or such other form of financial guarantee deemed acceptable by the commission for the protection of professional wrestlers appearing in wrestling exhibitions as required pursuant to section 208.15 of this Title.

(b)Attendance by physician.

A promoter of professional wrestling shall insure that a physician is in attendance at each exhibition. Such physician shall examine each wrestler prior to and after each performance and record his or her findings on a form prescribed by the commission. No prospective participant may engage in the exhibition until authorized to do so by the attending physician.

(c)Availability of emergency services.

A promoter of professional wrestling shall insure the presence of appropriate emergency medical personnel, equipment, and, effective January 1, 2017, ambulance transportation on site at each exhibition.

(d)Intentional cutting prohibited.

A promoter of professional wrestling shall not permit cutting, blading, or gigging, whereby one or more wrestlers intentionally cut their own skin or the skin of another during the exhibition.

(e)Safety.

A promoter of professional wrestling shall ensure that all areas in which wrestling takes place during an exhibition are matted, equipped, or otherwise maintained in such a manner as necessary to assure a reasonable degree of safety to the participants in light of the professional wrestling activities to be performed. In no event shall a participant be permitted to threaten, molest, hit or abuse, physically or verbally, any spectator, or engage in any conduct endangering the health, safety, or well-being of any spectator during the course of a professional wrestling exhibition. A licensed promoter shall not permit any prospective participant wrestler to engage in a professional wrestling exhibition while subject to a medical suspension issued by the commission or by any member of the Association of Boxing Commission (ABC) in relation to any combative sport, except as otherwise authorized by Federal law.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 213.7

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