Conn. Agencies Regs. § 29-143j-54a - Bandages

(a) Boxer's bandages

(1) In all classes up to and including middleweights, bandages on the hands of a boxer shall be restricted to soft surgical gauze not more than ten yards in length and two inches in width, held in place by not more than six feet of surgeon's tape for each hand.

(2) In all other classes, the bandages shall be soft surgical gauze not more than twelve yards in length and not more than two inches in width, held in place by not more than eight feet of surgeon's tape for each hand.

(3) The use of six inches of adhesive tape, not more than one and one-half inches in width, shall be permitted across the back of each hand to protect the part of the hand near the wrist before bandaging the hands provided that no adhesive tape may be placed over the knuckles.

(b) Mixed martial arts competitor's bandages

(1) Tape on the hand of a mixed martial arts competitor shall not exceed one winding of surgeon's adhesive tape, not more than one and one-half inches in width, placed directly on the hand to protect the part of the hand near the wrist. The tape may cross the back of the hand twice, but shall not extend more than three-quarters of an inch of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist;

(2) Each mixed martial arts competitor shall use soft surgical gauze bandage not more than two inches wide, held in place by not more than six feet of surgeon's adhesive tape for each hand. Up to one fifteen-yard roll of bandage may be used to complete the wrappings for each hand.

(c) Strips of tape may be used between the fingers to hold down the bandages.

(d) The use of water or any other liquid or material on bandages or tape is strictly prohibited.

(e) Contestants' bandages shall be applied in the dressing room in the presence of the commissioner or such commissioner's authorized representative and contestant's opponent or opponent's representative. Gloves shall not be placed on the hands of the contestant until the bandages are approved and marked by the commissioner or such commissioner's authorized representative.

(f) Contestants may waive the privilege of witnessing the bandaging of an opponent's hands.

Notes

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 29-143j-54a

Effective November 6, 2015