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